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Climate refugia of snow leopards. (a), Overlap of current snow leopard habitat with habitat in the LGM and in 2070 (RCP8.5). Habitat that persists from the LGM to 2070 (RCP8.5) is colored orange and the three large refugia are indicated by hatched lines. The westerlies and Asian monsoon, which are the dominant atmospheric circulation systems in High Asia, are indicated by blue and red arrows, respectively.