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<p>[QUOTE="areich, post: 1490603, member: 37479"]<b>Mongolia: Snow Leopard</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Mongolian People's Republic had contributed the the World Wildlife Federation's 25th Anniversary coin set a 28.28g, 38,61 diameter, 0.925 fineness Silver proof coin that commemorates the Snow Leopard (Panthera Unica). This is actually quite surprising because Mongolia is centered on its horse culture, dating back before the times of Genghis Khan. And within Mongolia exists the endangered Przewalski's horse, which was at one time even extinct in the wild until reintroduction from zoo stock. The native European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus, went extinct at the turn of the 20th century. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, Mongolia chose and equally wonderful and rare animal to dress their coin, the Snow Pantha, which while documents in the 18th century, was not filmed or rediscovered by the West until recent times, a fact that is the focal point of a few documentary movies. recently the first Snow Leopard Den has been discovered. Today there are many snow leopards in zoos around the world, including the Bronx Zoo in new York City (for those not aware that The Bronx is in NYC).</p><p><br /></p><p>[video=youtube;eKXEIYjEN2M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eKXEIYjEN2M[/video]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]189749.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks a bit meaner than your typical house pet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Snow Leopards are listed as threatened and have populations spread around the Central Asian highlands. Although it is written that they range in India, Mongolia, West Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Russia, the population figures that are documented do not include Mongolia.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/snowleapard.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/snowleapard.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/snowleapard_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="areich, post: 1490603, member: 37479"][b]Mongolia: Snow Leopard[/b] The Mongolian People's Republic had contributed the the World Wildlife Federation's 25th Anniversary coin set a 28.28g, 38,61 diameter, 0.925 fineness Silver proof coin that commemorates the Snow Leopard (Panthera Unica). This is actually quite surprising because Mongolia is centered on its horse culture, dating back before the times of Genghis Khan. And within Mongolia exists the endangered Przewalski's horse, which was at one time even extinct in the wild until reintroduction from zoo stock. The native European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus, went extinct at the turn of the 20th century. However, Mongolia chose and equally wonderful and rare animal to dress their coin, the Snow Pantha, which while documents in the 18th century, was not filmed or rediscovered by the West until recent times, a fact that is the focal point of a few documentary movies. recently the first Snow Leopard Den has been discovered. Today there are many snow leopards in zoos around the world, including the Bronx Zoo in new York City (for those not aware that The Bronx is in NYC). [video=youtube;eKXEIYjEN2M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eKXEIYjEN2M[/video] [ATTACH]189749.vB[/ATTACH] This looks a bit meaner than your typical house pet. Snow Leopards are listed as threatened and have populations spread around the Central Asian highlands. Although it is written that they range in India, Mongolia, West Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Russia, the population figures that are documented do not include Mongolia. [IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/snowleapard.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/snowleapard.png[/IMG] [img]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/snowleapard_o.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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