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By Abhaya Raj Joshi KATHMANDU — A snow leopard found well outside its mountainous habitat in Nepal at the start of this year may have gotten lost while seeking out new territory, a new study says. The male snow leopard (Panthera uncia), believed to be between 1.5 and 2 years old, was found on Jan. 23 in the town of Urlabari in eastern Nepal, near the border with India. The town sits at an elevation of 146 meters (480 feet), while snow leopards in Nepal have only ever been recorded at elevations higher than 2,000 m (6,600 ft). There were initial fears that the snow leopard, which was found inju…

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