On their backs the clouded leopards have a series of large open-centered spots, and their undersides are pale with few spots. They have long canines for shredding meat, and have been compared to the extinct saber-tooth tigers in this regard. The snout is rather broad, the head quite narrow, and the pupils yellow. The adult male clouded leopard is approximately 6 feet long, and weighs between 35 and 50 pounds. Females are somewhat smaller.
Clouded leopards prefer the deep forest away from human settlement.
Inhabits Nepal and Sikkim to southern China, Hainan and Formosa and south to Sumatra, the Malay states and Borneo's montane forests. The chief prey of the clouded leopard are monkeys, small deer, and wild boars, which it ambushes from the trees or stalks from the ground. It may also take birds, rodents, or domestic poultry. They are nocturnal animals, prefer seclusion, and are rarely seen. Their daylight hours are spent sleeping in trees, while at night they hunt by stalking their prey from the trees or on the ground.