SUMMARY: The Snow Leopard , sometimes known as the Ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of central and southern Asia. It is a shy and solitary feline and of all the world's great cats, the snow leopard is probably the biggest mystery? The cats are seldom seen by man in the wild because of the inaccessibility of their haunts and their nocturnal habits. The snow leopard is often called the gray ghost and if measures are not to stem the tide of poaching and habitat loss it may soon become a ghost in the wild..