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On the Stamp
A snow leopard walking across a mountain landscape, with its thick spotted coat and long tail, with its name in Hindi and English, on a ₹5 stamp.
The Snow Leopard
India Post issued two stamps on 29 November 1987, ₹1 and ₹5, on one rare and one endangered member of the cat family. The snow leopard is the supreme predator of the high mountains, with a rich coat, a bushy tail to hold in heat and large pads for walking on snow. Its main home in India is the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti. The Government of India had begun a Snow Leopard Conservation Scheme to protect it and its prey.
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