Panthera uncia

(Boddaert, 1772)

Snow Leopard

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Pantherinae
Genus : Panthera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Boddaert, P. 1772. Kortbegrip van het zamenstel der natuur. Eerste deel. Eerste stuk. J. van Schoonhoven, Utrecht, 95 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563409

Original name as described

Felis Uncia

Other common names

Ounce

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kopet-Dagh Mountains, near Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Bhutan · China · India · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Mongolia · Nepal · Pakistan · Russia · Tajikistan · Uzbekistan

Taxonomy notes

moved from Uncia to Panthera

Taxonomy notes citation

Davis, B. W., Li, G., & Murphy, W. J. (2010). Supermatrix and species tree methods resolve phylogenetic relationships within the big cats, Panthera (Carnivora: Felidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56, 64-76.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006024

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis Uncia

(Boddaert, 1772)

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563409

Authority publication

Utrecht

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1772:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  2. Schreber (1775:pl. 100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38046)
  3. Müller (1776:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  4. Leske (1779:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  5. Forster (1780:310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57573004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69278)
  6. Zimmermann (1783:164, 171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  7. Zimmermann (1783:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  8. Gmelin (1788:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  9. Kerr (1792:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  10. Link (1795:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  11. Cuvier (1797:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  12. Daudin (1802:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  13. Turton (1802:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  14. Goldfuss (1809:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  15. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  16. Muirhead (1819:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  17. Schinz (1821:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  18. Griffith (1822:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  19. Schinz (1825:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  20. Blyth (1840:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  21. Smith (1842:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  22. Hodgson (1842:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39999998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37716)
  23. Horsfield (1857:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  24. Blyth (1863:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  25. Gray (1867:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37913)
  26. Jerdon (1867:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  27. Blanford (1875:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)
  28. Danford & Alston (1880:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68533)
  29. Trouessart (1904:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  30. Ward (1910:503, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Felis Irbis

(Ehrenberg, 1831)

Family

Felidae

Root name

irbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172801

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Giebel (1855:874, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. Schrenck (1859:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  4. Radde (1861:678, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  5. Radde (1862:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  6. David (1871:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  7. Severtsov (1873:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  8. Severtsov (1876:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  9. Przheval'skiy (1878:37, https://books.google.com/books?id=VvdpnuW5nCgC&pg=PA37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68940)
  10. Nikol'skiy (1883:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  11. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis uncioides

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncioides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661016

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Panthera (uncia) irbis

Severtzov, 1858

Family

Felidae

Root name

irbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316658

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Severtsov (1858:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68920)

Uncia irbis

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Felidae

Root name

irbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533702

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1867:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37913)
  2. Gray (1869:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Leopardus uncia

(Satunin, 1905)

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Записки Кавказского отдела Русского географического общества

Name usages

Satunin (1905:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)

Uncia uncia

(M. Kretzoi, 1929)

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1325

Authority publication

Budapest

Name usages

  1. Kretzoi (1929:1325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68312)
  2. Pocock (1930:331, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48295798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38576)
  3. Wozencraft (1993:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Panthera uncia

Pocock, 1929

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

899

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Pocock (1929:899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69490)
  2. Dollman (1932:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69478)
  3. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  4. Stroganov (1962:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69465)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  9. Janecka, Zhang, Li, Munkhtsog, Bayaraa, Galsandorj, Wangchuk, Karmacharya, Li, Lu, Uulu, Gaur, Kumar, Kumar, Hussain, Muhammad, Jevit, Hacker, Burger, Wultsch, Janecka, Helgen, Murphy & Jackson (2017:603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69468)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22732/50664030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  15. Jiangzuo, Madurell-Malapeira, Li, Estraviz-López, Mateus, Testu, Li, Wang & Deng (2025:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69446)

Felis uncia schneideri

(Zukowsky, 1950)

Family

Felidae

Root name

schneideri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Zoologische Garten (Leipzig)

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Panthera (Uncia) uncia uncia

Stroganov, 1962

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

426

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Stroganov (1962:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69465)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Janecka, Zhang, Li, Munkhtsog, Bayaraa, Galsandorj, Wangchuk, Karmacharya, Li, Lu, Uulu, Gaur, Kumar, Kumar, Hussain, Muhammad, Jevit, Hacker, Burger, Wultsch, Janecka, Helgen, Murphy & Jackson (2017:603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69468)

Panthera uncia unicoides

Stroganov, 1962

Family

Felidae

Root name

unicoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · nomen_nudum

Authority page

426

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Stroganov (1962:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69465)

Uncia uncia baikalensisromanii

(Medvedev, 2000)

Family

Felidae

Root name

baikalensisromanii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Вестник Иркутского государственного аграрного

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Panthera uncia uncioides

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

uncioides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew · name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  2. Janecka, Zhang, Li, Munkhtsog, Bayaraa, Galsandorj, Wangchuk, Karmacharya, Li, Lu, Uulu, Gaur, Kumar, Kumar, Hussain, Muhammad, Jevit, Hacker, Burger, Wultsch, Janecka, Helgen, Murphy & Jackson (2017:603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69468)

Panthera pardus tautavelensis

A. Testu, Moigne, & de Lumley, 2010

Family

Felidae

Root name

tautavelensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

64

Authority publication

conference

Panthera uncia irbis

J. E. Janecka, Zhang Yuguang, D. Li, Munkhtsog, Bayaraa, Galsandorj, T. R. Wangchuk, Karmacharya, J. Li, Z. Lu, Uulu, Gaur, S. Kumar, K. Kumar, Hussain, Muhammad, Jevit, Hacker, Burger, Wultsch, M. J. Janecka, K. Helgen, W. J. Murphy, & R. Jackson, 2017

Family

Felidae

Root name

irbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

603

Authority publication

Journal of Heredity

Name usages

Janecka, Zhang, Li, Munkhtsog, Bayaraa, Galsandorj, Wangchuk, Karmacharya, Li, Lu, Uulu, Gaur, Kumar, Kumar, Hussain, Muhammad, Jevit, Hacker, Burger, Wultsch, Janecka, Helgen, Murphy & Jackson (2017:603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69468)

Panthera uncia pyrenaica

Hemmer, 2023

Family

Felidae

Root name

pyrenaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Tautavel Arago E14-EFNI-1000, Tautavel Arago E14-EFNI-1001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Panthera uncia lusitana

Jiangzuo Qigao, Madurell-Malapeira, X. Li, Estraviz-López, Mateus, A. Testu, Li Shijie, Wang Shiqi, & Deng Tao, 2025

Family

Felidae

Root name

lusitana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MG1355.0001-9

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Science Advances

Name usages

Jiangzuo, Madurell-Malapeira, Li, Estraviz-López, Mateus, Testu, Li, Wang & Deng (2025:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69446)

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