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We dissected two snow leopard and found that the nerves that supply their shoulders are more well-developed than those that supply their manus (hands), reflecting their hunting style of grappling with large prey, in contrast to small cats which hunt by manual manipulation.
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This page is a summary of: Comparative anatomy of the felid brachial plexus reflects differing hunting strategies between Pantherinae (snow leopard, Panthera uncia) and Felinae (domestic cat, Felis catus), PLoS ONE, August 2023, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289660.
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