Living in trees, the clouded leopard preys mainly on monkeys, squirrels, and birds and is an adept climber, able to run down tree trunks head-first and swing from a branch by a single hindpaw before dropping onto deer or wild boar, which are its main terrestrial prey.
既以樹為家，雲豹的樹上功夫自然了得。它可以頭前尾後穩穩當當地從樹上走下來。它以捕食猴子、松鼠、鳥為生，也能以後肢攀住樹枝像盪鞦韆般搖晃，偷襲由地面走過的鹿和野豬。