Sebangau Felid Project
Rare Clouded Leopard Sighting
This clouded leopard was photographed by an automatic camera in Borneo’s Sebangau National Park, where the rare cats had not been seen before. Scientists from the Sebangau Felid Project say that the leopards, which were identified as a new species separate from mainland Asian leopards in 2007, number just 10,000 mature adults. Sebangau Park, one of the world’s largest peat-swamp forests, is increasingly threatened by illegal logging and fires, and scientists say that the clouded leopards there are a flagship population that must be protected. The park also is home to the world’s largest remaining population of Bornean orangutans, whose numbers are declining due to forest clearing for palm oil plantations.
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