Clouded Leopard

The clouded leopard has a yellow-brown to dark-gray coat marked by large elliptical blotches whose dark rear edges create a cloudlike pattern. Black bars cross the neck, while the long bushy tail is ringed. Its short legs, flexible ankles, broad padded feet, and retractile claws are adapted for climbing. The tail is nearly as long as the body, and the species has exceptionally long canine teeth relative to its skull and body size. (Animal Diversity Web)

Clouded leopards range from the Himalayan foothills through northeastern India, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China, and mainland Southeast Asia. They inhabit primary and secondary tropical forest, logged woodland, scrub, grassland, mangrove, and coastal forest up to about 3,000 m. They rest readily in trees but also hunt on the ground, taking birds, primates, squirrels, deer, pigs, and other vertebrates. Litters contain one to five kittens after gestation lasting 85–109 days. (Animal Diversity Web)