clouded leopard
noun
a medium-sized wild cat, Felis nebulosa, with brownish-gray fur spotted or striped with black, native to southeastern Asia and Indonesia: an endangered species.
Origin of clouded leopard
1First recorded in 1905–10
- Also called clouded tiger.
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How to use clouded leopard in a sentence
Little is known of the habits of the clouded leopard, but it preys on small mammals and birds, and rarely comes to the ground.
But the leopard and the clouded leopard are permanent residents and fairly common.
The Heart of Nature | Francis YounghusbandThe marbled-cat is a miniature edition of the clouded leopard, and the leopard-cat of the common leopard.
The Heart of Nature | Francis YounghusbandThe clouded leopard, F. nebulosa, is an animal of considerable size (6 feet total length).
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
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