Formosan clouded leopard

Formosan clouded leopard
Formosan Clouded Leopard
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Neofelis
Species: N. nebulosa
Subspecies: N. n. brachyura
Trinomial name
Neofelis nebulosa brachyura
(Swinhoe, 1862)


The Formosan Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) is a subspecies of Clouded Leopard that was endemic to the island of Taiwan and is now believed to be extinct. Its tail is slightly shorter than that of other subspecies of Clouded Leopard.

The Formosan Clouded Leopard was the second-largest carnivore on Taiwan, after the Formosan Black Bear. After extensive logging of its natural habitat, the leopards were forced to retreat into the Jade Mountain and Dawu Mountain. There have been no sightings of this animal since the 1980s.

The Rukai Taiwanese aborigines believed that their ancestors transformed from these leopards.

References

  1. ^ Sanderson, J., Khan, J.A., Grassman, L. & Mallon, D.P. (2008). Neofelis nebulosa. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 December 2010.

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