Clouded leopard

Its main foods include muntiacus, tragulus, axis porcinus, rattus, snake, pheasant, binturong, gibbon, orangutan and carrion. The IUCN Red List assesses the clouded leopard as Vulnerable (VU), a threatened category, and its gestation period is 93 days with 2.25 young per litter.

Weight

19.7 kgsrc for Weight

Length

68.6 cm – 1.08 msrc for Length

Lifespan

19.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, axis porcinus, bengal slow loris, berdmore's ground squirrel, binturong, carrion and 17 moresrc for Main food

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Gestation

90 days – 93.1 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.25src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.06 years – 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The clouded leopard is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyFelidae
6. genusNeofelis
7. SpeciesNeofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821)

Synonyms Felis melli, Felis nebulosa, Leopardus brachyurus, Neofelis nebulosa brachyura, Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides, Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Sunda clouded leopard

Neofelis diardi

Felidae

CompareClouded leopard vs Sunda clouded leopard

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  title = {Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clouded-leopard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
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