The snow-leopard of the Himalaya is found at a midway stage of such adaptation.
In the Himalayas the chief foes of the ibex are the snow-leopard and wild dog.
The snow-leopard, which inhabits Central Asia, is stony-grey, with large annular spots to match the rocks among which he lives.
Prince Sanang, tell me, what man or what devil in all the chronicles of the past has ever tamed a snow-leopard?
In other words, it is hardly ever seen below the snow-line, and is often known as the snow-leopard.
Another leopard is the snow-leopard, which inhabits high altitudes only.