Snow Leopard F4 Has New Official Name

F4, the female snow leopard who joined our long-term study October 15, 2010 and who turned out to be Zaraa’s mom (!) now has an official new name, Tenger.

Here is how Bayara, our Mongolia Country Director, describes the meaning of Tenger:

‘Tenger” means Sky, but still holds the meaning of spirit and power. Mongolians respect sky as eternal power and limitless entity. In our Secret history it says our ancestor Chingiss Khaan’s rose to power from the sky; we believe sky has supernatural power. Jian Hong’s book called “Wolf Totem” nicely explains how Mongolian’s feel attached with

‘tenger’.

Thank you to longtime supporter, Barbara Blywise, for picking this name.