What kind of mice do snow leopards eat?
From: http://www.snowleopardconservancy.org/pd… Chapter Five – Prey Species Survey Methods Purpose and Background “A knowledge of prey density and predator–prey ratios would help set limits for validating snow leopard numbers in a particular area. Clearly, there must be sufficient prey to support the predicted predator population. Field studies are needed to better establish how many blue sheep or similar large prey animals are needed to sustain predation by snow leopard at varying densities, with or without the presence of a buffering species like marmot. A snow leopard population is dependent on the number of prey animals present in the same general area. A snow leopard requires approximately 1.5 to 2.5 kg of meat per day, or 40 to 45 g of food per kilogram of its body weight daily (Fox 1989). Because about 30% of ungulate prey consists of unusable items such as bone, skin, or
