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clouded leopard
(redirected from Neofelis nebulosa)

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cloud·ed leopard (kloudd)
n.
A medium-sized feline mammal (Neofelis nebulosa) native to southeast Asia, having brownish or gray fur with black markings similar to those of a leopard.


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sampled Carnivora Felidae Panthera leo (lion) 100 (2/2) Panthera tigris (tiger) 80 (8/10), n= 1 * Catopuma temminckii (Asiatic golden cat) 100 (2/2), n = 1 * Panthera pardus (leopard) 100 (3/3), n = 1 * Neofelis nebulosa (clouded leopard) 100 (1/1), n = 1 * Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat) 0 (0/16) Prionailurus viverrinus (fishing cat) 0 (0/5) Total 41 (16/39) * All serum samples were positive (date of collection: March 4, 2004).
The species, which is also found on Sumatra, was long regarded as a subspecies of the clouded leopard, Neofelis nebulosa.
With the reclassification, the scientific name of the clouded leopard from the mainland remains Neofelis nebulosa, while the clouded leopard from Borneo and Sumatra is now called Neofelis diardi.
 
 
 
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