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Snow Leopard

Panda The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world's most threatened animals. Location: Southwest China - to the east of the Tibetan plateau Habitat: Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests Wild population: Less than 1,600 mature in the wild. Snow Leopard

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Snow Leopard

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  1. Panda The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world's most threatened animals. Location: Southwest China - to the east of the Tibetan plateau Habitat: Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests Wild population: Less than 1,600 mature in the wild Snow Leopard This incredible animal has been known to leap as far as 15 metres and can travel up to 40km in a single night. Location: Nepal Habitat: steep terrain, broken by cliffs, rocky outcrops and ravines. They live at high altitudes. Wild population: As few as 4,000 are thought to remainin the wild. Tiger There are six living sub-species of tiger; the Amur (Siberian), Bengal (Indian), Indo-Chinese, Malayan, Sumatran and South Location: From India to south-eastern China. Habitat: Wide ranging - from evergreen and monsoon forests, to mixed coniferous-deciduous woodlands, and mangrove swamps Wild population: As few as 3,200 And there's many, many more…

  2. Tigers • Poaching for skins and body parts used in traditional Asian medicines • In some areas, climate change also puts pressure on the tiger's environment. • Habitat loss due to farming, forest clearance for the timber trade and human development • Snow Leopard • Poaching, for their bones and precious fur • Loss of their natural prey due to hunting • Loss and damage of habitat due to overgrazing of domestic livestock • Conflict with people • Pandas • Conversion of forests to agricultural areas • Bamboo harvesting • Habitat fragmentation • Poaching

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