Mongolia: Snow Leopard The Mongolian People's Republic had contributed the the World Wildlife Federation's 25th Anniversary coin set a 28.28g, 38,61 diameter, 0.925 fineness Silver proof coin that commemorates the Snow Leopard (Panthera Unica). This is actually quite surprising because Mongolia is centered on its horse culture, dating back before the times of Genghis Khan. And within Mongolia exists the endangered Przewalski's horse, which was at one time even extinct in the wild until reintroduction from zoo stock. The native European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus, went extinct at the turn of the 20th century.
Mongolia did choose an equally wonderful and rare animal to dress their coin, the Snow Pantha, which while documents in the 18th century, was not filmed or rediscovered by the West until recent times, a fact that is the focal point of a few documentary movies. Recently the first Snow Leopard Den has been discovered. Today there are many snow leopards in zoos around the world, including the Bronx Zoo in New York City (for those not aware that The Bronx is in NYC).
This looks a bit meaner than your typical house pet.
Snow Leopards are listed as threatened and have populations spread around the Central Asian highlands. Although it is written that they range in India, Mongolia, West Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Russia, the population figures that are documented do not include Mongolia.
Snow Leopard is the State Animal of Himachal Pradesh a north Indian State in the Western Himalayas.
- Protected areas:
- Chitral National Park, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- Hemis National Park, in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
- Khunjerab National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
- Nanda Devi National Park, in state of Uttarakhand, India, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.[40]
- Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, Tibet, China.[41]
- Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.[42]
- Tumor Feng Nature Reserve, western Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China.[43]
- Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.
- Shey-Phoksundo National Park, Dolpa, Nepal.
- Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Baglung, Nepal.
- Annapurna Conservation Area, Western Nepal.
- Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan
- Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, Mongolia
- Ubsunur Hollow, on the territorial border of Mongolia and the Republic of Tuva, Russia
- Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary, near Anini, India
- Aksu-Djabagly Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan
- Sarychat-Ertash State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan
- Katun Nature Reserve, Russia
- Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary, Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Pin Valley National Park, Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Coin Collecting at the Safir House
WWF 25th Anniversary: Mongolia: Snow Leopard
