A rare snow leopard has been seen in Xinjiang in the northwest of China, near the border with Pakistan.

The leopard remained motionless for a moment next to a riverbed, long enough for soldiers who were on patrol to take pictures and film it. According to Ma Ming, an ecological expert in Xinjiang, it’s the first time a wild snow leopard has been captured on film at such a high altitude of 5,100 meters.

Snow leopards are rarer than giant pandas in China, and are under state protection. Ma Ming estimates this leopard was two or three years old.

据资料介绍，雪豹是一种比大熊猫还要稀少的动物，被称为雪山之王，是国家一级保护动物，它已被列入国际濒危野生动物红皮书。目前全世界现存的雪豹主要在青藏高原和新疆的高山地带，新疆雪豹数量占全世界雪豹总数的四分之一。国际野生生物保护学会的专家乔治·夏勒博士几十年间足迹遍布中国新疆、青海、西藏等地，也只发出“只见皮子，不见雪豹”的感慨。

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