SNOW-LEOPARD 503 
The SNOW-LEOPARD or OUNCE (Felis uncia). 
Shieh Pao, of Chinese. 
Although the Persian leopard is in some degree intermediate in 
respect to colour and the length of the coat, the ounce differs from the 
leopard by the ground-colour of the long and dense fur being dirty 
white, with the spots on the back, sides, and tail in the form of large, 
irregular, ill-defined and interrupted rings, and by the great thickness 
of the tail, which scarcely tapers, and is about three-quarters the 
length of the head and body. Height at shoulder about 2 feet 4 
inches. 
Distribution.—The high ranges of Central Asia, including Gilgit, Hunza, 
Turkestan, Trans-Baikalia, Ladak, Tibet, Amurland and Western 
China, extending in the north-west to the Altai, and in the west, 
it is said, to Persia. In Prince Demidoff’s Hunting Trips in the 
Caucasus a snow-leopard is figured as coming from that range, but 
the animal found there is /. pardus panthera. The snow-leopard 
generally dwells at elevations of over 8000 feet, but descends in 
Gilgit during winter to 6000 feet. 
Length dressed. Weight. Locality. Owner. 
ft. “ins. 
8 8 roe Central Asia. pAS zrar 
8 8 Sc Baltistan . : . CC. M. Hawes. 
8 6 oe ? Capt. B. C. Graham. 
8 6 Skull, 7x5}  Baltistan : . R. Rankin. 
8 25 ier Do. i . E. Langworthy. 
(raw) 
7 10 a Near Leh . P . Lieut.-Col. S. Frewen. 
-7 8 Sor China : . . M. Mitchell. 
—7 52 ae Pamir : ; . Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 
-7 5 me 2 Major F. J. Harden. 
—7 4 Skull, 774;5x 4 Kashmir . 3 » Major Ei Co Lytler: 
~7 4 (24 inches at shoulder) The late R. A. Sterndale. 
— Owner’s measurements. 
