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Papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are seen displayed at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong airport June 9, 2014. The installation arrived in the city on Monday, launching the month-long “1600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong: Creativity meets Conservation” organized by a local art organiser, according to the official press release. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are seen displayed at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong airport June 9, 2014. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are covered with conical hats as they are displayed under the rain at the financial Central district in Hong Kong June 21, 2014. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Papier-mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are displayed under the rain at the financial Central district in Hong Kong June 21, 2014. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Paul Grangeon, French artist, his work has united World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in 1600 and cricou small pandas paper-marche. The number was not chosen for any reason. This is the estimated remaining pandas in the world. (Photo by Yahoo Brasil)

Papier mache pandas, created by French artist Paulo Grangeon, are seen displayed outside Taipei City Hall as part of an exhibition called “Pandas on Tour”, February 28, 2014. According to local media, the event was launched by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) first in Paris in 2008. Approximately 1,600 panda sculptures were displayed in the exhibition to remind people of the similar number of giant pandas still living in the wild and call on people's protection of endangered species. (Photo by Patrick Lin/Reuters)

1600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong. (Photo by Yahoo Brasil)

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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because as of 2003, the size of the global population was estimated at 4,080-6,590 adults, of which fewer than 2,500 individuals may reproduce in the wild.

Taxonomically, the snow leopard was classified as Uncia uncia since the early 1930s. Based on genotyping studies, the cat is considered a member of the genus Panthera since 2008.

Snow leopards inhabit alpine and subalpine zones at elevations from 3,000 to 4,500 m (9,800 to 14,800 ft). In the northern range countries, they also occur at lower elevations.