Uncia uncia (Schreber, 1775) . Die Säugethiere, 2(14):pl. 100 (1775]; text, 3(22):386-7[1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Barbarey, Persien, Ostindien, und China ", restricted by Pocock (19306:332) to "Altai Mountains". Ognev (1962c:221) disagreed and restricted the locality to "Kopet-Dagh Mountains...the southern slopes of these mountains adjacent to Iran " .

DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, republics of the former USSR.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: irbis Ehrenberg, 1830; schneideri Zukowsky, 1950; uncioides Horsfield, 1855.

COMMENTS: Revised by Pocock (19306). Placed in Uncia by Pocock (1930b), Weigel (1961), Kratochvfl (1980c), and Heptner and Naumov (1967). Placed in Uncia and reviewed by Hemmer (1972, Mammalian Species, 20).