India, May 9 -- The Park is a vital corridor and connects snow leopard populations, enabling gene flow, say researchers

A team of four scientists from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar and the National Development Foundation, Jammu have captured four snow leopards ( Panthera uncia ) on camera in Kishtwar High Altitude National Park of the Union territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir's Chenab Valley region.

This is a significant development for snow leopard conservation in India, home to two per cent of the global range of the snow leopard. The least well-known large felid is an apex predator and flagship species of High Mountain Asia.

India is home to 718 snow leopards, most of whom live in areas that are not under legal protection, acc...