Clouded Leopard
by: MCM
Clouded Leopard
Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genius and Species
Fun Facts | Art and Poetry | Works Cited
Kingdom: Animalia
Characteristics that place it here:
All animals are multicellular
they are heterotrophs
Ingest and digest food
They are warm-blooded
They don't have rigid cell walls like plants
They are capable of complex and rapid movements
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics that place it here:
They have a spinal cord
body is symmetric
Complete digestive system
cells are organized by tissues in the body
They have a closed blood system
They have separated muscles
Class: Mammalia
Characteristics that place it here:
They have hair
they are warm-blooded
They feed newborn with milk
They have 3 middle ear bones
They have whiskers
They have a highly developed brain
Order: Carnivora
Characteristics that place it here:
Heterotrophs
They have sharp teeth
medium sized animals
They have excellent vision, smell, and hearing
excellent runners
They have large brains
Family: Felidae
Characteristics that place it here:
They have retractable claws
They have five toes on fore feet
They have four toes on hind feet
They have short faces
They have small skulls
whiskers provide acute sense of touch
Genus and Species: Neofelis nebulosa
Characteristics that place it here:
largest of small to medium sized cats
They have a very long tail
recognizable by its coat pattering
They have bright yellow eyes
Has the largest teeth out of all the cats
In China the clouded leopard is called the "mint leopard".
The clouded leopard can live 10-15 years in the wild and 17 years in captivity.
The clouded leopard can hang from its back feet on a tree branch.
They prey on monkeys, deer, boar, and small mammals.
They have very flexible ankle joints and that allows them to climb down trees head first.
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Clouded Leopards are as swift as the wind They climb the trees without being seen by any creature They are fabulous animals!
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Animal Diversity Web
Hattner, R.. Animal Diversity Web.
University of Michigan Museum of
Zoology. 11 Feb. 2004
<http://http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html>.
Google Picture
Garman, Andrew. "Clouded Leopard." 11 Feb 2004. <http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/clouded.htm>.