Saturday, February 2, 2013

Clouded Leopard

 

Animal You | Clouded Leopard | The clouded leopard skin is a dark gray or ocher, often largely destroyed by black and dark gray marbled dark model. There are black spots on the head and ears are black. Two large dark spots dark gray hair on the side of the shoulders and each marked with a dark band that the front leg and breaks into irregular points password. The sides are marked by dark spots lined dark gray bars behind long, irregularly curved or loop. Belly and legs are black and the tail is characterized by patches associated. Leopards Melanistic nebulae are rare. Leopards weigh between 11.5 and 23 kg (25 pounds and 51). Females vary in the head and body length of 68.6 to 94 cm (27.0 to 37), 61-82 cm (24-32 inches) long tail. Males are larger than one centimeter 80-1000 to eight (32-43) with a 74-91 cm (29-36 inches) long tail. Leopards occur in the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and India, Myanmar, Bhutan, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Indochina, China, south of the Yangtze River. Mixed conifer forests slightly north-east and south-eastern Bangladesh, and regional extinction in Taiwan. They prefer open or closed forest habitat to other habitat types. They occurred in relatively open, dry forest in Myanmar and Thailand.


In India, located in the north of West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Assam observed in forests, but are not included in the protected areas. Clouded leopards are the most talented climbers in the cat. In captivity they have been observed in the vertical trunks head downward and cling to branches with their hind legs bent branches around the tree branches.If the balance of thin branches, long queues to use your head. Panthers nebulae observed in captivity odor sprays urine marking objects and massage important. More information view captive clouded leopard, little is known about the natural history and behavior in the wild. The first reports that residents described as a rare and secretive, nocturnal tree and dense forests. Can use trees as places of rest time, but also spend much time on the field. Estro 6 days on average estrous cycle average of 30 days. Initially, the young are blind and helpless, like the young of many other cats, and weigh 140 to 280 grams (4.9 to 9.9 grams).


Much of the remaining forest areas are too small to ensure the long-term survival of populations of clouded leopard is threatened by habitat loss through deforestation and poaching for the wildlife trade. In Myanmar, 301 body parts of at least 279 leopards, mostly skins and skeletons observed in four markets surveyed between 1991 and 2006. Three markets analyzed are located on international borders with China and Thailand, and meet international buyers, while leopards are fully protected by the national legislation of Myanmar. Hunting is prohibited in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. And "protected by law outside the protected areas of Bhutan. No information is available on the state protected in Cambodia. United States, the clouded leopard risk under the Species Act endangered, also prohibits the sale of animals or parts or products thereof. Breeding programs of clouded leopard have been very successful, largely due to ignorance of the activity seduction between leopards in the wild. Experience has shown that introducing pairs of clouded leopard guards at an early age provides opportunities for the pair bond and breeding success. 


Livestock facilities Panthers spray isolated female reproduction. Modern breeding programs involve carefully controlled introduction of coupling between the parties taking into account the potential and needs of walled enclosures. Stimulate natural behavior, provide sufficient space for a maximum of minimum load. In March 2011, two breeding females for the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere Nashville, Tennessee, gave birth to three children, who are raised by zookeepers. Each puppy weighs a pound. In June 2011, two cubs born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Four cubs born at the zoo in Nashville in 2012. In December 2011, 222 alleged leopards in zoos.
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