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The clouded leopard is the sister taxon to other pantherine cats, having genetically diverged 9.32 to 4.47 million years ago. Today, the clouded leopard is locally extinct in Singapore, Taiwan, and possibly also in Hainan Island and Vietnam. The wild population is believed to be in decline with fewer than 10,000 adults and no more than 1,000 in ...
The Formosan clouded leopard is a clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) population that was endemic to Taiwan. [3] Camera trapping studies carried out in several protected areas in Taiwan between 1997 and 2012 did not record any clouded leopard. [4] [5] The population is listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List. [2]
The Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Borneo and Sumatra. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2015, as the total effective population probably consists of fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a decreasing population trend.
Clouded leopards are a species who lives in the tropical forests of India and Southeast Asia, they are notable for their coat pattern, which forms blotchy, gray, cloud-like patches.
Neofelis is a genus comprising two extant cat species in Southeast Asia: the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) of mainland Asia, and the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) of Sumatra and Borneo. [2] [3] The scientific name Neofelis is a composite of the Greek word neo-(νέος) meaning 'young' and 'new', and the Latin word fēlēs ...
The Sumatran clouded leopard is estimated to have diverged from the Bornean clouded leopard in the Late Pleistocene, between 400 and 120 thousand years ago. Land bridges that were created due to low sea levels in the Late Pleistocene were submerged by rising sea levels, resulting in the Sumatran clouded leopard becoming separated from the mainland population at this time.
Clouded leopard. N. nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) Central Nepal to continental Southeast Asia and southern China: Size: head to body 68.6–108 cm (27.0–42.5 in) with 61–91 cm (24–36 in) long tail [28] Habitat: Forest and shrubland [29] Diet: Medium-sized and small mammals on the ground and in trees, as well as birds [29] VU 3,700-5,600 [29]
The Bornean clouded leopard is considered vulnerable, similar to other Neofelis species, due to anthropogenic disturbances such as deforestation, illegal poaching, and hunting pressure. [9] In Sabah, habitat loss is primarily driven by the development of oil palm plantations, which inhibits connectivity of the Bornean clouded leopard population ...