SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Question
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Mammals
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Reptiles
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Birds
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Fish
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Detailed explanation-1: -snow leopard, also called ounce, large long-haired Asian cat, classified as either Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia in the family Felidae.
Detailed explanation-2: -Students from the High school class have been learning about scientific names and are also researching their favourite animals. One student chose to find out more about a mammal, the leopard, Panthera pardus. This is the scientific name for a leopard.
Detailed explanation-3: -Snow leopards are part of the Panthera genus, related to the other big cat species: lion, tiger, jaguar and leopard. However, unlike these four species, snow leopards are unable to purr!
Detailed explanation-4: -5. They’re more closely related to tigers than they are leopards. Despite being called the snow ‘leopard’, this big cat is more closely related to the tiger than the leopard.