Uncia uncia (Schreber 1775)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 548

Uncia uncia (Schreber 1775)

[Felis] uncia Schreber 1775 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 2, 14: pl. 100 [1775]; see also text, 3 (22): 386-7 [1777].

Type Locality: "Barbarey, Persien, Ostindien, und China ", restricted by Pocock (1930 c:332) to "Altai Mountains" .

Vernacular Names: Snow leopard.

Synonyms: Uncia baikalensis-romanii Medvedev 2000 ; Uncia irbis (Ehrenberg 1830) ; Uncia schneideri (Zukowsky 1950) ; Uncia uncioides ( Horsfield 1855) .

Distribution: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1930 a, b). Placed in Uncia by Pocock (1930 a, b), Weigel (1961), Kratochvíl (1982 c), and Heptner et al. (1967 a). Placed in Uncia and reviewed by Hemmer (1972). Status of proposed subspecies baikalensisromanii needs evaluation, see Medvedev (2000).