Clouded Leopard

Neofelis nebulosa

### Regions

Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India

## Habitat

### Climbing Area

534 m² +111 m²/ea. add'l
81 m² +54 m²/ea. add'l

## Social

### Fem. Bachelor

1‒2 (up to 1 male, up to 1 female)
1
1

### Sterility

2.5 years
15 years

### Interbirth

3 months
24 months

## Taxonomy

### Order

Mammalia
Carnivora

### Genus

Felidae
Neofelis

The **Clouded Leopard** (*Neofelis nebulosa*) is a mid-sized Asian feline featured in the *Planet Zoo* Southeast Asia Animal Pack DLC for Planet Zoo.

## Zoopedia Description

### General

**Population In The Wild:** 10,000

The clouded leopard is a medium-sized arboreal cat that lives in the forests and grasslands of South East Asia. It has yellow to grey fur that is covered in large black reticulated rings. Their head, legs, and tail are covered in black spots and stripes. Clouded leopards weigh between 11kg and 23kg.

The clouded leopard is a vulnerable species; its population is largely fragmented across its range due to habitat destruction by deforestation. This reduces the amount of habitat and prey that the leopards have access to and also decreases their choice of mates. They are poached for their skins and body parts that are used in traditional medicine. It is illegal to hunt clouded leopards and they are protected across its range. The leopards are being researched to better understand how they mate and reproduce, and there are many facilities that have entered into breeding programs in order to conserve the clouded leopard.

### Social

Clouded leopards are solitary and live alone except for when mothers are with their cubs

### Reproduction

The mating habits of clouded leopards in the wild are unkrown due to the secretive nature of the animal, althought it has been observed in captivity. Males can detect whether a female is in oestrus throught the scent of her urine. Males and females may mate several times while the female is receptive. Males can be aggresive towards females during mating, biting the backs of their necks and often causing harm, or in some cases, death. If the mating succesful females will be pregnant for 85-100 days and give birth to 1-5 cubs (3 on average). The cubs will start eating solid food at 2 months old, and their mother will start teaching them to hunt during this age. They will be fully weaned between 4-6 months, and remain with their mother for around 10 months before leaving the litter. Clouded leopards reach sexual maturity between 20 to 30 months

## Animal care

 FEEDING STATIONS
 FOOD ENRICHMENT
Frozen Blood Pumpkin · Pinata
Climbing Frame · Cardboard Box · Gift Box · Rubbing Pad · Scratching Post · Blood scent marker · Block of Ice · Sprinkler · Rubber Duck · Small Ball · Small Ice Ball · Small Ball Colourful · Hammock · Scots Pine/Tamarind Scratching Tree · Rubbing Pad Bark

## Trivia

### Zoopedia Fun Facts

* The clouded leopard can roar like big cats and meow like small cats.
* The clouded leopard spends most of its time in trees, using its tail to balance while climbing.
* The clouded leopard can open its mouth wider than any other cat and its dentition is most like the extinct sabre-toothed tiger.
* The ankle joints of the clouded leopard are incredibly flexible and allow them to rotate their paws backwards, making them excellent climbers adapted to life in the treetops.
* The clouded leopard has canines that are 5cm long, the same length as a tiger's, despite the tiger being 5 times bigger in size.

### Other Trivia

* Until the 1.16 Update, the Clouded Leopard would jump in slow motion due to a bug.