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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's Hogle Zoo is announcing the birth of a snow leopard cub.
The zoo said Thursday that the male snow leopard was born May 7 to parents Himesh and Nema.
The cub was to make his public debut on Thursday. In the earlier weeks, he was bonding with his mother.
Snow leopards are medium-sized cats weighing between 60 and 120 pounds. They are found in Asia and have smoky-gray colored fur to help them blend in to the mountainous setting.
It's the first birth of a rare and endangered snow leopard at the zoo in more than 20 years. There are an estimated 3,500 to 7,000 snow leopards left in the wild.
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