Updated On: 16 February, 2023 04:45 PM IST | Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand | PTI
A team of explorers in search of high-Himalayan fauna has spotted a solitary animal of this elusive species in a snowy terrain above Dar village on February 6

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A snow leopard has been sighted for the first time at a height of about 11,120 feet in the Darma valley in Uttarakhand`s Pithoragarh district.
A team of explorers in search of high-Himalayan fauna has spotted a solitary animal of this elusive species in a snowy terrain above Dar village on February 6, Pithoragarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Mohan Dagare said on Thursday.