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Clouded leopard and Sunda clouded leopard
Clouded leopards are found in the forests of South East Asia. Both Poaching and habitat loss threaten their future survival
Clouded leopards are actually one of the most ancient cat species, however due to their inability to roar or purr, they cannot officially be considered a big cat (roar) or a small cat (purr) due to their definition, which puts them in an odd category. They are most closely related to snow leopards, and are in the same family as the big cats from genetic research.
This is the range of the Clouded Leopard. As you can see, as this cat is not easy to see, it makes it is hard for it to be clear what its current range is. However, if you simply compare extinct to all possible remaining habitat, you can see the best possibiltiy is that range has reduced by around 50%
The clouded leopard has been split into two species – the Clouded leopard found on mainland Asia, and the Sunda clouded leopard found on Borneo and Sumatra (these Sunda Clouded leopards have not interbred for a very long time so are considered 2 subspecies).Â
The country of Indonesia consists of many islands. Due to their relative size, these islands have led to many subspecies of animals adapting. In the past tigers existed on at least three of these islands. These animals once lived on Java and Bali, but now there is only a small population in Sumatra. In Java …
We have watched with horror, the problems that Myanmar has suffered over the last few decades. Perhaps one of the positives though is the fact that often when this sort of thing happens ecosystems are given time to recover. This appears to be the case in the the snowy north. 40 different large mammals were …
There is an impressive wealth of cats living in India. From the Indian tiger (known throughout the world) to the Asiatic lions last home- the gir forests of west india (the asiatic lion once roamed across Asia, throughout southern Europe, across northern and western Africa – therefore there are probably more “Asiatic” lion in Africa …