Eric Dragesco / Wild Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) climbing among rocks on a mountainside, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, August.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild female, wet after having crossed river, in mountain valley, Uchkul River, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Wim van den Heever / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) climbing up mountain slope, Hemis National Park, India, February.

Ben Cranke / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemas National Park, Ladakh, India. Winner of the Long Lens catergory in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Thomas Marent / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia), Switzerland

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) pair sitting together, native to Asia and Russia

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India

Gerry Ellis / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) juvenile, Asia

ZSSD / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) portrait native to mountainous regions of central Asia

Sandesh Kadur / Snow leopard (Unica unica) scent marking against boulder in rocky landscape in Himalayas. Ule, Ladakh, India. March 2018. Sequence 2/2.

Sandesh Kadur / Snow leopard (Unica unica) standing beside boulder in rocky landscape of Himalayas, prior to scent marking. Ule, Ladakh, India. March 2018. Sequence 1/2.

Oriol Alamany / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) walking in snow, in Spiti Valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya