A nape is not a... 1  Crown: This is the very top of the birds head, and while the crown and nape are adjacent parts of a bird, each one is distinct. 2  Plume: Some birds have plumes that extend from the crown or nape, and can drape gracefully over the nape.
Evidently, India has a diverse range of forests: from the rainforest of Kerala in the south to the alpine pastures of Ladakh in the north, from the deserts of Rajasthan in the west to the evergreen forests in the northeast.
Potential snow leopard habitat in the Indian Himalayas is estimated at less than 90,000 km 2 (35,000 sq mi) in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, of which about 34,000 km 2 (13,000 sq mi) is considered good habitat, and 14.4% is protected.