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title: "Mainland Clouded Leopard"
description: "Neofelis nebulosa — Mammiferi. The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), also called mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat that has large dusky-grey blotches and irregular spots and stripes reminiscent of clouds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mainland-clouded-leopard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mainland Clouded Leopard

> Neofelis nebulosa — Mammiferi. The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), also called mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat that has large dusky-grey blotches and irregular spots and stripes reminiscent of clouds.

- Scientific name: *Neofelis nebulosa*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 278
- Wikidata: [Q36135](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36135)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41972](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41972)

## Names

- en: Mainland Clouded Leopard
- de: Nebelparder
- es: Pantera del Himalaya
- fr: Panthère Nébuleuse
- nl: Nevelpanter
- pt: Leopardo-nebuloso
- pl: Pantera mglista

## Countries with the most observations

TH (7), IN (4), MM (4), LA (3)

## Summary

The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), also called mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat that has large dusky-grey blotches and irregular spots and stripes reminiscent of clouds. Its head-and-body length ranges from 68.6 to 108 cm (27.0 to 42.5 in) with a 61 to 91 cm (24 to 36 in) long tail, which it uses for balancing when moving in trees.
The clouded leopard was first described in 1821 on the basis of a skin of an individual from China. It is the sister taxon to other pantherine cats, having genetically diverged 9.32 to 4.47 million years ago. It inhabits dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouded_leopard

## Photo

![Mainland Clouded Leopard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mainland-clouded-leopard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16959518

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mainland-clouded-leopard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).