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Main wildlife species found are Black buck, Chital, Hog deer, Blue bull, Wild boar, Jackal, Rhesus Monkeys, Peafowl, Brahminy Myna, Black and Grey Partridges and Quails.

It is estimated that 12,000-14,000 leopards occur in India, and the population is the most genetically diverse/outbred out of all the subspecies in Asia.

400While the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) terms the status of snow leopards as “vulnerable”, media reports say there are 8,000 snow leopards in the world, 400 of which are estimated to be in Pakistan.

Snow leopards occur in six provinces including Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Xinjiang. (They are also found in Tibet). The importance of China to snow leopard conservation is almost impossible to overstate.

The total range covers an area of close to 772,204 square miles, with 60% of the habitat found in China. However, more than 70% of snow leopard habitat remains unexplored. Home range sizes can vary from 4.6-15.4 square miles in Nepal to over 193 square miles in Mongolia.

A trek of 35 to 45 km in any of the park’s valleys brings one into the high altitude habitat (3,500 m and above) of animals such as blue sheep, snow leopard, Himalayan brown bear, Himalayan tahr, and musk deer.

Kashmir stagJammu & Kashmir / Official animal The Kashmir stag, also called hangul, is a subspecies of Central Asian red deer endemic to Kashmir and surrounding areas. It is found in dense riverine forests in the high valleys and mountains of Jammu and Kashmir and northern Himachal Pradesh

Mammals of Ladakh Snow Leopard. The snow leopard is one of the rarest mammals in the world. … Tibetan Wolf. Called Shangku in Ladakh, the Tibetan wolf is a sub-species of grey wolf. … Eurasian Lynx. … Red Fox. … Himalayan Brown Bear. … Asiatic Ibex. … Blue Sheep or Bharal. … Ladakh Urial.

The five major habitats are – forests, grasslands, deserts, mountains and polar regions, and aquatic habitat. Oceans and freshwater together form the aquatic habitat.