Bornean Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi) - Wiki Bornean Clouded
Leopard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Photo] Bornean
Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi). Plate from William Jardine's
The Natural History of The Feline, Rimau-Dahan, published 1834.
The Bornean Clouded Leopard or Diard's Leopard (Neofelis diardi)
is a medium-sized wild cat found on Borneo, Sumatra and the Batu
Islands in the Malay Archipelago and publicised under the name
Bornean Clouded Leopard by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
on March 14, 2007. Its coat is marked with irregularly-shaped,
dark-edged ovals which are said to be shaped like clouds, hence
its common name. Though scientists have known of its existence
since the early 19th century, it was positively identified as
being a distinct species in its own right in 2006, having long
been believed to be a subspecies of the mainland Clouded Leopard
(Neofelis nebulosa). WWF quoted Dr. Stephen O'Brien of the U.S.
National Cancer Institute as saying, "Genetic research results
clear