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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]
In Java only clouded leopard fossils were found. [15] Leopardus brachyurus was first described in 1862 by Robert Swinhoe based on two to three skins from Taiwan. [16] Today the Formosan clouded leopard is considered a clouded leopard subspecies Neofelis nebulosa brachyurus. [17] It is now considered to be extinct. [18]
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 ...
Formosan clouded leopard; S. Sumatran clouded leopard; Sunda clouded leopard This page was last edited on 7 November 2023, at 20:17 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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.
Formosan Animal Area [ edit ] Located near the zoo entrance, the area features animals indigenous to Taiwan such as clouded leopards , Eurasian otters , Formosan black bears , Formosan rock macaques , Formosan sika deer , leopard cats , Taiwan serows , Taiwanese pangolins and wild boars .
The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the Panthera species, [2] but later also came to include the clouded leopards (genus Neofelis).
Formosan black bears (臺灣黑熊) and Formosan clouded leopards (臺灣雲豹) — two of the largest terrestrial mammals on the island of Taiwan — used to roam over the ranges and mountains of Taiwan. However, while the leopard is now extinct, the bear, though endangered, has survived. [7]