Eric Dragesco / Wild Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) feeding on a kill hidden behind a rock, with a Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) in the foreground, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, February.

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

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

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard. Wild. {Panthera uncia} Hemis NP, Ladakh, India

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard. Wild {Panthera uncia} Ladakh, India

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard. Wild. {Panthera uncia} Ladakh, India

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard crouching on rocks {Panthera uncia} captive

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard portrait {Panthera uncia} captive

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard {Panthera uncia} captive

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard portrait {Panthera uncia} captive

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard face portrait {Panthera uncia} captive

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard resting face portrait {Panthera uncia} captive