It is reported that the elusive clouded leopard has been spotted in the Langtang National Park, in Nepal, on the border with China, at 3,500 metres above sea level. The Times newspaper reports that they had never previously been seen above 2,300 metres above sea level. I think that that is a mistake because my …
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The clouded leopard weights about 18 kg (35 pounds) but it varies between 11 and 23 kg. So, they are quite large. Like a largish dog. They have the ability to bring down, kill and eat prey animals such as small deer, goats, pigs, monkeys and orangutans. There have been no reports of people being …
This is a super charming encounter between the biologist and presenter Patrick Aryee (great job by the way) and a one-year-old female clouded leopard youngster who is very inquisitive and who used Ayree as a tree. Well sort of. The cat knows its a person because she sniffs and likes to be around him. It …
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The answer is no and I’ll explain why. The classification of the species is decided by experts and it is still not fully settled. Early on, up to 200 years ago, scientists got the classifications wrong or a least it has been adjusted and improved. Perhaps at one time they thought that clouded leopards were …
Two excellent photographs of two siblings of two different species of medium-sized wild cat: caracal and clouded leopard.
This video shows a clouded leopard purring in my opinion although it is a typically rough edged (harder and deeper) sound so characteristic of the larger wild cats. Unsurprisingly, it is not as gentle as the domestic cat purr. The person who published the video on YouTube questioned if it was snoring but I can’t …
They are Columbus Zoo’s precious 1-month-old clouded leopards kittens; their latest arrivals. Their coats are magnificent. The adult clouded leopard has one of the most outstanding coats of all the wild cat species. The fur is very easy to distinguish from other wild cat species because the markings are cloud-like, hence the name. FYI – …
This is a cute cat picture with a difference because the cat is a clouded leopard who looks adoringly into the eyes of Kim, who appears to be his keeper, while on her lap. He looks like a subadult male or perhaps a female because they weight between 23 and 50 pounds. This wild cat …
This map shows you where clouded leopards live. It is in the form a globe so you can get a feel where this wild cat lives in relation to the rest of the world. I did not actually intend to publish this on a separate page. But I like it and it looks better when …
Although: it is used for ‘normal movement’¹ and the tail reflects emotions through boy language, and provides signals to other cats, the tail is not an essential piece of anatomy for the domestic cat. You only have to ask people who keep bob-tailed cats to find out. The Japanese Bobtail and the American Bobtail are …
Overview With the margay, the clouded leopard is probably the best tree climber of all the wildcats. It is a forest dwelling cat. It also has a coat, that resembles cloud formations, which is unrivaled in its beauty. Both its coat and the excessive logging of virgin forests threatens the existence of this species …
by Michael (London, UK) Clouded Leopard Cub – photo by Smithsonian’s National Zoo Is modern clouded leopard conservation gradually confining itself to conservation in captivity? I don’t know but I am beginning to feel that it might be the case. The reason why I say this is because I never see stories about how deforestation …
by Michael (London, UK) 13th Feb 2010: This brief post contains a fascinating piece of video that is the first to be made public. There are plenty of still photographs of clouded leopards in zoos and the very occasional camera trap still image but it is very rare indeed to film a clouded leopard that …
There are perhaps three major distinguishing features of this rare and treasured wild cat that sets it apart, the spectacular coat pattern that looks like clouds, the very square muzzle and the thick and long tail that aids balance which this cat needs as it lives in and amongst the trees of large but rapidly …
The importance of focusing on the clouded leopard population is highlighted by these gorgeous cubs. As the forests are mercilessly exploited in Asia, so is the clouded leopard for its glorious coat. As the virgin tropical rain forest is cut down the population of the clouded leopard is rapidly diminishing as this is a forest …
