🐈Clouded leopard
The clouded leopard, 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 with a 61 to 91 cm long tail, which it uses for balancing when moving in trees.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 20 kg
- Body length
- 0.95 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Clouded leopard
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass20 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.95 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass71 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length6.98 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation93 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 89 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.06 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l20 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Clouded leopard yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusNeofelis
- ›speciesNeofelis nebulosa
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusNeofelis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusNeofelis
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