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Post by another specialist on Mar 13, 2007 22:17:33 GMT
nice photo melanie  I acctually visited this park once, but then they was building new exibits and about half of the park was closed  including the clouded leopard part  That was not so funny, as that was the main reasons for visiting the zoo, to see this exclusive cat "live". |
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Post by another specialist on Mar 17, 2007 7:56:49 GMT
Cryptozoologically speaking, we wonder if the Formosan clouded leopard still roams. This cat is thought to be extinct in Taiwan, as the last sighting was in 1983 of a snarled juvenile. This subspecies was characterized by its relatively much shorter tail, and historically found below 2500 feet. The hope is that some may have adapted to living above this height on the wilder mountains on Taiwan, and it might not be extinct. www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/clded-leop-2/ |
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Post by another specialist on Mar 17, 2007 8:05:23 GMT
Nowell (1990a) states that the most recent sighting of a wild Formosan clouded leopard was by a biologist in 1983, the animal was a snared juvenile. She reports that there is a large amount of protected habitat, high in the mountains. The clouded leopard’s historical distribution is below 2,500 metres, Nowell hopes that it can adapt to live higher. As far as is known, there are no representatives of this subspecies in captivity. members.aol.com/cattrust/clouded.htm |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 20, 2008 13:24:42 GMT
As I thought all along. This species is extinct not extinct in the wild. I contacted the President and CEO, Clouded Leopard Project by email and got this reply. Dear Francisco, There are no known living animals of N. n. bracyurus, including in zoos. The last confirmed wild sighting was about 20 years ago. There were reports of an animal in a Taiwan zoo, but genetic analysis showed it to be N. n. nebulosa. Karen Karen Povey President and CEO, Clouded Leopard Project Advancing Clouded Leopard Conservation and Awareness www.cloudedleopard.org |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 20, 2008 13:25:07 GMT
Moving back to extinct category.
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Post by Melanie on Jun 20, 2008 17:54:20 GMT
Sad story  |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 21, 2008 21:41:41 GMT
it sure is Melanie
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 12:08:30 GMT
Formosan Clouded Leopard ( Neofelis nebulosa brachyura)  from 'R. Swinhoe: On the Mammals of the Island of Formosa (China). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862, 347-365' www.biodiversitylibrary.orgNote that the tail of this cat looks really short. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 12:26:43 GMT
... that the most recent sighting of a wild Formosan clouded leopard was by a biologist in 1983, the animal was a snared juvenile. This sighting seems to be quite uncertain. 1. There wasn't any sighting of an animal but of an photograph only. 2. As always, this photograph was blurry and showed a trap made of bamboo, that would be quite unusual for hunters in Taiwan - as they seem to prefer snares for catching animals. 3. The photograph was destroyed only five years later and is now lost. It seems that this subspecies died out almost in the early 20th century. See here.: taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=48265&CtNode=128"In 1983, the China Times newspaper ran a photograph of what was considered new evidence of the Formosan clouded leopard, a medium-sized wildcat that once roamed the lowlands of Taiwan. Grainy and unclear, it showed what appeared to be a young clouded leopard, dead, at the bottom of a deep pit--an aboriginal trap. Its photographer, a university research assistant, said he took the photo deep in the wilderness area of Dawu Mountain in Taitung County, southern Taiwan. The image electrified biologists and ecologists throughout Taiwan. Not since the early part of the 20th century, when aboriginal hunters still traded clouded leopard pelts to Japanese soldiers, had there been hard evidence for the species' survival. This photo seemed to confirm what many had long hoped for--that deep in the mountains of southern Taiwan, the Formosan clouded leopard clung to existence. " |
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Post by surroundx on Jan 14, 2011 11:32:39 GMT
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Post by Melanie on May 1, 2013 6:37:24 GMT
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Post by Melanie on May 4, 2013 6:58:10 GMT
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Post by surroundx on Sept 29, 2013 9:45:29 GMT
"Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) The Formosan clouded leopard, a species endemic to Taiwan, was declared extinct this year, but over 100 children and residents from a local district in Taipei on Sunday used art to bring the animal back to life. The residents and children from 12 elementary schools in the Wanhua District gathered Sunday at the district's Youth Park, where they painted two large Formosan leopard sculptures with bright colors to call attention to animal and environmental protection. "After 13 years of tracking the animal, researchers from Taiwan and abroad have confirmed in April that the Formosan clouded leopard is extinct," said Taiwanese sculptor Lee Liang-jen, who is jointly organizing the event with the Paper Windmill Arts Foundation. He told CNA that the incident prompted him to use the animal as a main theme in a public art event." Read more: focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201309290010.aspx |
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Post by surroundx on Nov 30, 2014 13:02:31 GMT
AbstractDuring 1997–2012 we conducted a nationwide camera-trapping survey and assessed the availability of prey and habitat for the clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Taiwan. We surveyed 1,249 camera-trap sites over 113,636 camera-trap days, from the seashore to an altitude of 3,796 m and covering various types of vegetation. No clouded leopards were photographed during 128,394 camera-trap days, including at 209 sites in other studies, confirming the presumed extinction of clouded leopards in Taiwan. Assessment of the prey base revealed altitudinal distribution patterns of prey species and prey biomass. Areas at lower altitudes and with less human encroachment and hunting supported a higher prey biomass and more of the typical prey species of clouded leopards. Habitat analysis revealed 8,523 km2 of suitable habitat but this was reduced to 6,734 km2 when adjacent areas of human encroachment were subtracted. In the absence of hunting and large mammalian carnivores the major prey of clouded leopards in Taiwan, such as Formosan macaques Macaca cyclopis, Reeves's muntjacs Muntiacus reevesi, Formosan serow Capricornis swinhoei and sambar Rusa unicolor, could become over-abundant. Thus, it is important to address the cascading effect of the disappearance of top-down predator control. Our assessment indicated that, with proper regulation of hunting, habitat restoration and corridor improvement, it may be possible to reintroduce the clouded leopard. Source: Chiang, Po-Jen et al. (2014). Is the clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa extinct in Taiwan, and could it be reintroduced? An assessment of prey and habitat. Oryx DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003060531300063X [ Abstract]
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Post by Melanie on Apr 30, 2015 11:00:18 GMT
Scientific description of Leopardus brachyurus (i.e. Neofelis nebulosa brachyurus) Robert Swinhoe: On the Mammals of the Island of Formosa (China). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862, 347-365 (more precise 352-353) www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90953#page/466/mode/1up |
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Post by surroundx on Nov 18, 2017 5:04:02 GMT
AbstractThe limestone cave, Lobster Cave, located in the Kenting National Park of southern Taiwan, is yielding numerous Pleistocene mammalian fossils buried within the continental deposits. In this study, fossil molars of clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) recovered from the same horizon in the cave, were examined. Three isolated felid molars; p3, p4 and m1, having a series of progressive increase in size, were believed as belonged to the same individual. Traditional linear measurement and two-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis for the occlusal surface outlines have been conducted on the fossil molars; comparisons were also done with the extant clouded leopard. Results obtained have shown that the cave fossil clouded leopard is closer to the extant clouded leopard in molar characters; but, are slightly larger than the extant ones in their size. Nevertheless, even the clouded leopard in Taiwan was regarded as to have been extinct and its past existence has still been in doubt, the current study revealed that the clouded leopards have inhabited in Taiwan since Pleistocene, and has a larger body size than that of the recent one. Source: Gan, Yi, Chang, Chun-Hsiang and Wu, Ming-Chee. (2016). Study on Pleistocene Fossil Cats (Carnivora, Felidae) From a Limestone Cave in Kenting, Southern Taiwan, East Asia. EGU General Assembly 2016, held 17-22 April, 2016 in Vienna Austria. [ Abstract]
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Post by surroundx on Nov 18, 2017 5:11:28 GMT
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Post by Melanie on Jul 26, 2018 22:23:53 GMT
There are black and white photos of the Formosan clouded leopard in captivity. Here is one taken from the documentary Extinct or Alive Ep 7 The Formosan Clouded Leopard  |
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Post by Sebbe on Feb 24, 2019 11:24:04 GMT
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Post by Melanie on Feb 24, 2019 18:55:59 GMT
Maybe Forest Galante was right in Extinct or Alive as he assumed that the clouded leopard is still alive in Taiwan. But he was upset after he had learned that clouded leopards are still hunted in Taiwan. |
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