T153, Uncia《雪豹》

Stamp Title: Uncia
Serial number: T153
Values in set: 2
Date of issue: July 20, 1990
Denomination: 58 fen
Designers: Xu Yanbo
Size of stamps: 40*30 mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40 (4*10)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

With the aliases of Grass Leopard and Argyi-Leaf Leopard, it belongs to the Felidae family of Carnivora order. Its scientific Latin name is Panthera uncia, and English name is Snow Leopards.
It is 110 to 130 centimeters in body length, 80 to 90 centimeters in tail length, and 38 to 75 kilograms in weight. Its head is small and round. It has long and dense hair coat all over, grayish yellow or hoar, with the body hair about 3 centimeters in length, and belly hair up to 6.5 centimeters. It has blurry or irregular large black ring spots on the back and chest sides. Its long tail has long and tousy hair. It is the most beautiful sort of leopards.
Snow Leopard inhabits at an elevation of 2,000 to 6,000 meters, regularly moving about the bare rocks of high mountains. It is ferocious, astute, and dexterous in action, mainly feeding on rock-sheep, argali, as well as klipdas, marmots and puppies of the pheasant genus, etc. Its estrum is from late winter to early spring, while the gestation period lasts 90 to 103 days. It litters between June and July, with 2 to 3 babies per fetus. At the age of two, it grows to sexual maturity. It has a lifespan of about 10 years in general, with the longest up to 15.8 years.
In China, it is distributed in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, etc. It is small in quantity and has been listed in Appendix I of International Trade Convention on Endangered Wild Animal and Plant Species.

T153 雪豹
（1） 8分 卧豹 2130.05万枚
（2）50分 立豹 1922.85万枚
发行日期：1990.7.20。影写版。P11.5。40mm×30mm。40（4×10）。
许彦博。印刷;北京邮票厂。

雪豹属哺乳纲食肉目猫科，是中国著名珍稀动物，被列为国家一级重点保护动物。它是猫科中的一种大型兽，体似金钱豹但略小，全身呈灰白色，体上布满了黑色的斑点和环圈，背的球纹如植物的叶，故俗称“艾叶豹”。雪豹是高原地区岩栖性动物，常栖于海拨2500-5000米的高山上。它所攫取的食物以北山羊、岩羊和盘羊等高原动物为主。其性凶猛而机智，嗅觉、听觉都较敏锐，行动隐缓而灵巧。

雪豹仅分布在亚洲中部的高原地带，即喜马拉雅山以北，昆仑山、天山、阿尔泰山、帕米尔高原等地。中国青藏高原、新疆、甘肃、内蒙古等地是雪豹的主要产地。

全套邮票共2枚。
2-1为“卧豹”。
2-2为“立豹”。
画面以细腻、严谨、写实的风格表现了这种珍稀动物的特点。