In this unidentified photo, a snow leopard patrols a section of Qilianshan National Park in Qinghai province. BAO YONGQING XINHUA LANZHOU - An infrared camera has captured a photo of a snow leopard in a nature reserve in Northwest China's Gansu province.
The management and protection authority of the reserve said the photo was taken by the camera installed in a provincial nature reserve in Gannan autonomous prefecture on March 6 this year.
The adult snow leopard is in good health, judging from its body shape and strong forelimbs, said Du Kai, the reserve's management and protection center.
Du said it was the first time a snow leopard was captured here and the first snow leopard appearance in the Gansu section of the Minshan Mountain range.
More than 100 infrared cameras have captured many rare wild animals here in the past few years.
We will carry out systematic monitoring of the species, establish and improve long-term monitoring and monitoring mechanisms to master the basic information of the species, such as its distribution range, and provide the scientific basis for the protection and management of wild animals, said Du.
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Snow leopards are under the highest national level of protection in China and are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.