Why are they called snow leopards?

Answer 1

well,they are white like snow, live in snowy mountains, and they're leopards!

Answer 2

Because they live in central Asian areas of mountains which are usually covered in snow, and have pale grey or brown fur, which camouflages them. Incidentally this leopard is also known as an Ounce.

Answer 3

Copied From Wikipedia- Both the Latinised genus name, Uncia, and the occasional English name "ounce" are derived from the Old French once, originally used for the European lynx. "Once" itself is believed to have arisen by back-formation from an earlier word "lonce" - the "L" of "lonce" was construed as an abbreviated "le" ("the"), leaving "once" to be perceived as the animal's name. This, like the English version "ounce", became used for other lynx-sized cats, and eventually for the snow-leopard.