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Naturalists search for Snow Leopard and reach Oleh Village probably the last village of Ladakh which is around 14400 ft above from sea level and has only four houses with the total population of 20 people only. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because as of 2003, the size of the global population was estimated at 4,080–6,590 adults, of which fewer than 2,500 individuals may reproduce in the wild. Snow leopards inhabit alpine and subalpine zones at elevations from 3,000 to 4,500 m (9,800 to 14,800 ft). In the northern range countries, they also occur at lower elevations. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Ran