Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

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Size of the Clouded leopard:

Some time ago, I made a table that summarize all the data that I could found at 2012, about the size of the mainland clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). Here is the table:

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Sadly, flesh measurements are very rare, so I included skin measurements too, but they are clearly distinguishable in the table, to avoid confusion.

Sunquist and Sunquist (2002) presents the first table, but I checked all they sources (except two) and I included only those which came from real measurements (in the skin or in the flesh) and not those from simple ranges with no explanation. The only two sources that I could not found are those from Malaysia (1 female) and China (2 un-sexed specimens). I include the table here for reference (read square):

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These two tables exhaust all the information about the mainland clouded leopard that I could found.


Latter, I found new weights in a new document from Hearn et al. (2013, attached document) about the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), which suggest that the island species is somewhat larger.

Here is the table, check that all the specimens from Thailand are already included in my table above:

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Latter, I also found this beautiful male that weighed 25 kg, the heaviest in record. Here is the link for the article, check the pictures please:
https://www.wildcatconservation.org/firs...-collared/


Here is also a male of 24 kg captured in 2014, check the picture:
"Introducing Raja, the third male clouded leopard collared in the Kinabatangan by DGFC, Sabah Wildlife Department and WildCRU. Raja, a beautiful 24-kg adult male, was caught and collared on 22 March 2014, as part of our project funded by Sime Darby Foundation, the Robertson Foundation, The Clouded Leopard Project and others. The whole collaring operation was supervised by wildlife veterinarian, Dr Laura Benedict, from Wildlife Rescue Unit, and Andrew Hearn, PhD student at Oxford University. "
Link: https://www.facebook.com/147476775319983...331824489/

Here is another female of 9.9 kg captured in 2014, check the link:
"Andrew Hearn from WildCRU and PhD student at Oxford University, said a female Sunda clouded leopard weighing 9.9 kg was caught in one of the traps set up along the Kinabatangan River, in the vicinity of DGFC on Aug 15."
Link: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/state_new...17&cat=sbe

So three adult males from the Sunda are known, of 23.3 kg, 24 kg and 25 kg respectively (Average of 24.1 kg); also there is one adult female of 16.8 kg and two sub-adults of the same sex of 9.9 kg and 12 kg respectively.

This is the data that I have, for the moment, feel free to add more about these two species of clouded leopards. Reply

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  Hearn et al-2013_Ecology of Sunda clouded leopard.pdf (Size: 146.54 KB / Downloads: 11)