Clouded leopard
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A clouded leopard can move along a branch while hanging upside down.
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A clouded leopard can move along a branch while hanging upside down.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Clouded leopard
- Scientific name
- Neofelis nebulosa
- Japanese name
- ウンピョウ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Felidae
- Genus
- Neofelis
A wild cat of the forests of Southeast Asia. Its name comes from the cloud-shaped markings on its body.
Its large paws grip branches firmly, and special ankle bones even let it climb down trees headfirst.
For the size of its skull, it has very long canine teeth. It usually lives alone.
How the Clouded leopard lives
It is thought to be mainly active at night. It ambushes prey from trees or stalks it on the ground. It uses trees mainly for resting and also for hunting.
Smithsonian National ZooUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Body length: 60–100 cmよこはま動物園ズーラシア
- Weight
- 16–23 kgよこはま動物園ズーラシア
- Lifespan
- up to 17 yearsSmithsonian National Zoo
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)Smithsonian National Zoo
- Diet
- Gibbons, macaques, slow lorises, small deer and wild boarsSmithsonian National Zoo
Where the Clouded leopard has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ウンピョウ
- 简体中文
- 云豹
- 繁體中文
- 雲豹
- 한국어
- 구름표범
- Español
- Pantera nebulosa
- Français
- Panthère nébuleuse
- Deutsch
- Nebelparder
- Português (Brasil)
- Leopardo-nebuloso
- Italiano
- Leopardo nebuloso
- हिन्दी
- धूमिल तेन्दुआ
- العربية
- نمر ملطخ
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Macan dahan
- Tiếng Việt
- Báo gấm
- Русский
- Дымчатый леопард
- Türkçe
- Dumanlı pars
- ไทย
- เสือลายเมฆ
- বাংলা
- মেঘলা চিতা
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- よこはま動物園ズーラシア — ウンピョウChecked: 2026-11-03
- Smithsonian National Zoo — Clouded leopardChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Neofelis nebulosaChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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