Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) predation and consumption of an adult yak in the Mongolian Altai.

Snow leopard Panthera uncia predation of livestock: an assessment of local perceptions in the Annapurna conservation area, Nepal. We found several other yak carcasses in the study area with indeterminable cause of death, suggesting that they might represent an important part of the diet of local snow leopard population, which evidently consume yaks, including adults, through both predation and scavenging. The snow leopard ( I Panthera uncia i ) is an apex predator of mountainous ecosystems in Central Asia, characterised by relatively long feeding times and low kill rates (Johansson et al. [9]; Mallon et al. [15]). [Extracted from the article]