Name: clouds leopard leopard, leopard tortoise, lotus leaves leopard, leopard, leopard camphor
Features: Leopard body length 70~106 cm, tail length 70~90 cm, 60~80 cm tall at the shoulder, male female weight is about 23 kilograms, about 16 kilograms.
Have a leopard stubby limbs, and almost as long as the body and very thick tail. A slightly rounded head, prominent nose, very large claws. Color golden yellow, and covered with dark cloud markings have large, so called leopard. Around the eyes, nose and mouth of the clouded leopard, white underparts, dark spots covering the face, two tear trough across the cheeks. Round the back of ears with black dots. The pupil is very unusual, is a rectangle. Their teeth are out of the ordinary, the length ratio ranked first in the canine feline animal. The gap between the canines and premolars are large, so it is easier to kill larger prey. Leopard canine sharp, and prehistoric extinct saber toothed tiger similar. With the back end of hair color, are not complete at the end of black, black.
Between the size of the leopard and the clouded leopard is a small feline animal, from the head to the buttocks only more than and 90 cm, tail length of 75 cm; weight is only more than and 20 kg, but also the largest 30 kilograms. It's taller than a leopard and snow leopard are small. The leopard body grayish brown, on both sides of the body about 6 dusky cloud, which is why it's called the clouded leopard. The leopard body on both sides of the dark cloud is well camouflaged. Therefore, they live in the jungle, it is not easy to be found. Usually the clouded leopard is very quiet, even when you walk from their branches curled up when you don't know your head a leopard. They are sub short, brutal character but has a beast and supple body.
Distribution: Leopard had across Asia, but now because of the beautiful fur and leopard bone into their human or endangered despair. In foreign countries, life clouded leopard in Southeast Asia tropical and subtropical jungle, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Indo China, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places. In our country, people in Gansu, Shaanxi and the Yangtze River in the southern provinces can also see their tracks. While in Taiwan in China, they have some local indigenous villagers spiritual symbol, but then the symbol is not the noble spirit and modern human greed contend, so unfortunately Taiwan leopard in 1972 finally extinct.
Living habits: leopards rest during the day, night, climb a tree it is very strong, love waiting for prey in the branches, for small animal approaches, can jump prey from the tree. It can hunt monkeys and birds on the tree, and can capture the small rat, hare, deer and other mammals, sometimes eating chicken and duck poultry, but did not dare to hurt the wild boar, cattle, horses, will not attack people.