types of camouflage, but they all aid in hiding the animal from others.

For example, the white pelage with smoky grey and black rosette patterns of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) make it well adapted to life in cold climates with bare rocks and patchy snow. The rosette patterns in the leopard (P. pardus) and jaguar (P. onca) likely reflect their habitation of wooded or forested ecosystems, which create dappled light environments where