ENGLISH PROJECT

10 000
Clouded leopards weigh
between 11.5 and 23 kg (25
and 51 lb)
Less than 10 000 mature individuals
remain in the wild

Females vary in head-to-

body length from 68.6 to
94 cm (27.0 to 37.0 inch),
with a tail 61 to 82 cm
(24 to 32 inch) long, 2008
males are larger at 81 to
108 cm (32 to 43 inch)
with a tail 74 to 91 cm (29 Vulnerable (IUCN Red List) since 2008

Status and
02 species
to 36 inch) long.
Its shoulder height
varies from 50 to
THE 55 cm (20 to 22 in).
The clouded leopard is a wild cat
Height and
CLOUDED 01 weight
inhabiting dense forests from the
foothills of the Himalayas through

LEOPARD Southeast Asia to South China.

ENDANGERED SPECIES
The population is threatened by
large–scale deforestation and
commercial poaching for the
wildlife trade.
FUN FACT Why it became an
ABOUT CLOUDED 04 endangered species
LEOPARD
o Victims of habitat
" Its scientific name, nebulosa, destruction and illegal
poaching
means cloudy in Latin "
" Like all wild cats, clouded
leopards are carnivores. They o Their forest habitat is
"Malaysians call the clouded experiencing the world's fastest
are thought to hunt a variety
leopard the "Tree Tiger” rate of deforestation (leopard
of prey including birds, requires large tracts of forest
squirrels, monkeys, deer, and for hunting)
wild pigs. It was once thought
that clouded
leopards hunted while

03 Behaviours
climbing".