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'''Snow leopards''' were a species of [[leopard]]-like [[cat|big cat]] that inhabited cold climate regions of the Realms.<ref name="TH.VII-p78" />

==History==
Around [[1366 DR]],<ref name="P7M">{{Cite web/Presenting...Seven Millennia of Realms Fiction}}</ref> when the [[hill giant]] chief [[Noote]] visited [[Castle Hartwick]] he presented the carcass of a snow leopard to King [[Camden]] as a gift to his daughter [[Brianna Burdun|Brianna]].<ref name="TOP-p2">{{Cite book/The Ogre's Pact|2}}</ref>

==Ecology==
===Habitats===
In [[Faerûn]], snow leopards could be found in the [[Ice Spires]].<ref name="TOP-p2" /><ref group="note" name="habitat">As Chief Noote is the ruler of the hill giants of the Ice Spires, this implies that snow leopards can be found in his territory.</ref>

In the [[Hordelands]] snow leopards inhabited the [[Yehimal Mountains]] and its extension the [[A-Ling Shan]],<ref name="TH.VII-p127">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|127}}</ref> the [[Glacier of the Dragon]] within the Yehimals,<ref name="TH.VI-p51">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume I|51}}</ref> the [[Leopard Shan]],<ref name="TH.VII-p78">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|78}}</ref> the higher reaches of the [[Katakoro Plateau]],<ref name="TH.VII-p118">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|118}}</ref> and the forest [[Shalhoond]].<ref name="TH.VII-p122">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|122}}</ref>

In [[Zakhara]], snow leopards inhabited the [[World Pillar Mountains]].<ref name="D241-p89">{{Cite dragon/241/Campaign Classics: The Roof of the World|89}}</ref>

===Relationships===
Some arctic [[druid]]s were known to have snow leopards as [[animal companion]]s.<ref name="FB-p44" /> They were also one of the many types of mountainous animals that some [[oread]]s kept as pets.<ref name="PoC-p20" />
===Usages===
The pelt of a snow leopard could be make to make a [[blanket]], [[cloak]], or [[robe]].<ref name="drag137-p17">{{Cite dragon/137/Treasures of the Wilds|17}}</ref> These pelts typically sold for 8 [[gold piece]]s.<ref name="drag137-p17" /><ref name="TCBH-p123">{{Cite book/The Complete Barbarian's Handbook|123}}</ref>

==Trivia==
Several features of the Realms bore the name of the great cat:
*The [[Ghost Leopard]] province of the [[Yikarian Empire]] in [[Northeast Zakhara]].<ref name="D241-p93">{{Cite dragon/241/Campaign Classics: The Roof of the World|93}}</ref>
*The Leopard Shan or Mountain of the Leopard in the Hordelands.<ref name="TH.VII-p78" /><ref>{{Cite book/Storm Riders/Map}}</ref>
*The [[Leopard Stupa]] monastery at the base of Leopard Shan.<ref name="TH.VII-p77">{{Cite book/The Horde/Volume II|77}}</ref>
*The [[Snow Leopard style]] of [[martial arts]] practiced in [[Ra-Khati]] by the [[monk]]s of [[Lagiuri]], who wore [[gold]] pendants depicting a snow leopard.<ref>{{Cite book/Storm Riders|10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book/Storm Riders/Cover sheet}}</ref>

==Appendix==
===Notes===
{{Notes}}
===Appearances===
:;Adventures
::''[[Storm Riders]]''
:;Novels
::''[[The Ogre's Pact]]'' • ''[[Star of Cursrah]]''
:;Video Games
::{{NWapp}}

===External Links===
* {{Wikipedia external link}}
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[[Category:Felines]]