Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Tiger branch




Clouded leopard, or the scientific name Neofelis nebulosa is a kind of cat-sized, with a body length reaches 95 cm. This species generally has a brownish-gray fur with images such as clouds and black spots on his body. Black spots on his head are smaller and have white spots behind the ears. Clouded leopard has short legs with large feet and long tail with black spots and lines. Similar female clouded leopard.

Regional distribution of the clouded leopard is Southeast Asia, in the lowland forest and mountains in the People's Republic of China, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, India, Borneo and Sumatra. The species is already extinct in the wild in the Republic of China.

Clouded leopard is an active nocturnal animals hunt at night. These animals spend much time in trees and can move nimbly through the trees.

Clouded leopards prey consists of various wild animals of various sizes such as monkeys, snakes, small mammals, birds, deer and proboscis monkey. Clouded leopard using his tongue to clean the feathers before eating their prey.

Because the loss of forest habitat, the population continues to shrink and capture of wild fur continues to be taken, consumption, and traditional medicine in some countries, the clouded leopard species is evaluated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The species is listed in CITES Appendix I.

Clouded leopard Borneo and Sumatra (Neofelis diardi) or more commonly referred to simply by Tiger branch is a member of the big cats in addition to the Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar, and Cheetah. As Tiger and Leopard, Clouded Tiger endangered species including one owned by Indonesia. The most unique was clouded leopard has the longest fangs of the largest and among the other cats. Even longer than the lion or tiger fangs.
Initially, Borneo and Sumatra Tiger branch(Neofelis diardi) included in one species with the Tigers branch (Neofelis nebulosa) found on mainland Asia. However, based on research by experts, since 2007 the Tigers branch Borneo and Sumatra is categorized as a separate species that is different from his brother who was in the plains of Asia.
Clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) consists of two subspecies of Bornean Clouded Tiger (Neofelis diardi borneensis) who lived on the island of Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia) and Sumatra Tiger branch (Neofelis diardi diardi) who lived on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Clouded leopard Borneo or Kalimantan, which is a species endemic to the island of Borneo dala English language commonly referred to as the Bornean Clouded Leopard. While his brother, commonly called the Sumatran tiger Clouded Leopard Clouded Sumateran. Naming is certainly closely related to her like a cloud pattern.
The characteristics and behavior of Clouded Tiger. Both the Tigers branch branch Borneo and Sumatra Tigers have physical characteristics that are similar. Tiger Skin Dahan (Neofelis diardi) brownish gray fur with motifs like clouds and spotted a black-totl.

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