Table 1. Sites and source of data used for this study.

S.No.	Sites	Source	Sample size	Zone
1	Balistan, Pakistan	Anwar et al. 2011	49	II
2	Kargil & Drass, India	Maheshwari & Sharma. 2010	9	II
3	Uttarakhand, Himachal India	Maheshwari & Sharma 2010	9	II
4	Kibber, India	Bagchi & Mishra 2006	44	II
5	Pin Valley, India	Bagchi & Mishra 2006	51	II
6	Ladakh, India	Chundawat and Rawat 1994	173	II
7	Northern, Nepal	Wegge, Shrestha & Flagstad 2012	41	I
8	Shey Phoksundo, Nepal	Devkota 2010	40	I
9	Dhorpatan, Nepal	Aryal 2009	23	I
10	Sagarmatha N. P, Nepal	Lovari et al. 2009	40	I
11	Sagarmatha N. P, Nepal	Lovari et al. 2009	66	I
12	KBR, Sikkim, India	Sathyakumar et al. 2009	117	I
13	Sagarmatha N. P, Nepal	Shrestha 2008	120	I
14	Langu Valley, Nepal	Jackson, 1996	78	I
15	Manang, Nepal	Oli et al. 1994	213	I
16	Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China	Jun 2012	18	II
17	Wakhan, Afghanistan	Habib 2008	94	II
18	Chitral, Pakistan	Khatoon 2010	56	II
19	Kunlun Qinghai, China	Schaller 1988	13	III
20	Anyemaquen Qinghai, China	Schaller 1988	20	III
21	Zadoi Qinghai, China	Schaller 1988	36	III
22	Yushu Qinghai, China	Schaller 1988	46	III
23	Shule Nanshan Qinghai, China	Schaller 1988	91	III
24	South Gobi, Mongolia	Shehzad et al. 2012	81	IV
25	Uvs & South Gobi, Mongolia	Lhagvasuren & Munkhtsog 2000	168	IV

25 studies were referred spanning four zones in the snow leopard's distribution [18], [ 54]–[63].