What was the first ever snow leopard?

Answer 1

Discovered was the snow leopard in 1761 by North Americans and two scientists in particular distinguished themselves and performed pioneer work in exploring the life of this fascinating cat: Georg Schaller in the seventies in Pakistan and Rodney Jackson in Nepal

Answer 2

Impossible to know. At some stage leopards evolved from earlier big cats, and snow leopards evolved into a slightly different animal from ordinary leopards.

50 million years ago the only mammals were tiny mouse-like creatures.

Grasses emerged between 20 and 5 million years ago and it was then that larger mammals began to appear.

Hominids, early man, developed between 5.3 - 1.8 million years ago.

Answer 3

The snow leopard is a large cat that is indigenous to northern climates; that was true of the first ever snow leopard and of all subsequent snow leopards.

Answer 4

The snow leopard was first put on the endangered species list was in 1972.