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The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), also called mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through Northeast India and Bhutan to mainland Southeast Asia into South China. It was first described in 1821 on the basis of a skin of an individual from China.
Neofelis nebulosa brachyurus (Swinhoe, 1862) 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 ...
Neofelis. 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 ...
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. On both Sunda Islands, it is threatened by deforestation ...
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) was spotted and documented for the first time in 1997. [8] The landscape is the natural habitat of various grasses (in fact is the origin of the name, phawng in Lai dialect means "meadow", and -pui is the suffix for "great"). The steep slopes are covered by orchids and rhododendrons, with areas of bamboos ...
The Bornean clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi borneensis) is a subspecies of the Sunda clouded leopard. It is native to the island of Borneo, and differs from the Batu - Sumatran clouded leopard in the shape and frequency of spots, as well as in cranio - mandibular and dental characters. [1] In 2017, the Cat Classification Taskforce of the Cat ...
Genus Neofelis – Gray, 1867 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population 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 ...
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