Clouded leopard: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the clouded leopard lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Neofelis nebulosa
Group	Big cats
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Diet (main food)	Javan warty pig, Helarctos malayanus, gibbon, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Nasalis larvatus, Tragulus, carrion, snake, binturong, pheasant, Muntiacus, Manis, Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Rattus, Axis porcinus, Malabar large-spotted civet, orangutan, southern pig-tailed macaque, Indian Peafowl, Hog badger, chicken, Bengal slow loris, Berdmore's ground squirrel
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Felidae

Where does the clouded leopard live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the clouded leopard in 1 country or territory across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a clouded leopard eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the clouded leopard as: Javan warty pig, Helarctos malayanus, gibbon, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Nasalis larvatus, Tragulus, carrion, snake, binturong, pheasant, Muntiacus, Manis, Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Rattus, Axis porcinus, Malabar large-spotted civet, orangutan, southern pig-tailed macaque, Indian Peafowl, Hog badger, chicken, Bengal slow loris, Berdmore's ground squirrel.

Is the clouded leopard endangered?

The clouded leopard’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the clouded leopard?

The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Felidae, genus Neofelis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the clouded leopard

The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), also called mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat that has large dusky-grey blotches and irregular spots and stripes reminiscent of clouds. Its head-and-body length ranges from 68.6 to 108 cm (27.0 to 42.5 in) with a 61 to 91 cm (24 to 36 in) long tail, which it uses for balancing when moving in trees.

The clouded leopard was first described in 1821 on the basis of a skin of an individual from China. It is the sister taxon to other pantherine cats, having genetically diverged 9.32 to 4.47 million years ago. It inhabits dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through Northeast India and Bhutan to mainland Southeast Asia into South China. It can climb down vertical tree trunks head first, rests in trees during the day and hunts by night on the forest floor.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Clouded leopard (revision 1380914280), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q36135 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).