The dense tropical rainforest, towering trees cover the sky and the sun is evergreen all year round, many wild animals hide under the thick shade of trees, either hiding dormant or running on the hunting road, and performing wonderful moments of beast hunting every day.
A beautiful and elegant big-eyed animal appeared. Its body is covered with cloud-like markings, its tail and body are as long as it is. It always likes to hide in trees and sleep during the day. It turns into a jungle killer at night. It moves as fast as a ghost, mysterious.
What kind of animal is it?
01 hunted almost all night, flew down from the tree, bit off the spine of sambar in one bite, and shake
This is an Malay clouded leopard .
When the sky gets darker, the lazy Malay clouded leopard begins to become active, jumping and running among the dense woods, jumping from one tree to another, with an elegant posture. The long tail can balance the body and allow it to move and jump freely on the tree.
Malay clouded leopards are active all night long, either hunting or walking on the hunting road. I saw it walking and jumping quietly while observing its surroundings and looking for prey.
Soon, it found a squirrel popping up from a tree hole not far away, ran away quickly, biting the squirrel accurately, tearing open the fur with its teeth, and swallowing it into its stomach in a short while.
But a squirrel was not enough to stuff his teeth, so the Malay cloud leopard licked his mouth and continued to hunt. Jumped from the tree to the ground, ran for a while, climbed up the tree again, and waited quietly on the trunk.
After a long time, I really waited for the big prey. Four female sambars led several underage sambars by the tree. Samton deer is used to going out to find food at night, while Malay clouded leopards and others often appear on the roadside of samton deer and have already been ambushed.
sambar gets closer and closer, not sensation of danger at all, when passing under the tree. The Malay clouded leopard flew down from the tree quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he threw down a little sambar, and at the same time bit the back of the little sambar's neck, and his long and sharp teeth cut off the sambar's spine.
The other sambars ran away in scattered ways, and the Malay clouded leopard still bit the sambar tightly without letting go. He raised his head and shook the sambar left and right. After letting the sambars die completely, they will chew them slowly. The population of
02 is only about 4,500. It is difficult to survive due to habitat reduction
. The mysterious Malay clouded leopard was originally considered a subspecies of clouded leopard . Later, scientists found that the Malay clouded leopard has been reproductively isolated from the clouded leopard on the Asian continent for 1 million years. It is obviously different from other clouded leopards, so it is classified as an independent species.
Malay clouded leopard, also known as Sunda clouded leopard , is distributed in Borneo, Sumatra Island , divided into Borneo clouded leopard and Sumatra clouded leopard Experts estimate that the population of Malay clouded leopard is only about 4,500.
Malay clouded leopards rely on primeval forests to survive and like to live in tropical primeval forests and hilly evergreen forests. They will also appear in habitats such as secondary forests, mangrove forests, and coastal broad-leaved forests.
is attracted by people because of his natural beauty, and is overhunting and has difficulty in survival. In addition, the degradation of the original forest and the reduction of habitat area are also serious problems faced by Malay clouded leopards. If not protected, this species will be at risk of extinction.
03 The ankles are flexible and can turn, the long tail maintains the balance of the body, and the canine teeth are similar to saber-toothed tiger
There are not many Malay clouded leopards and their whereabouts are hidden, so they are rare. However, Malay clouded leopard is a cat family, which is both beautiful, elegant and unique, so you must take a closer look at its appearance.
weighs about 16-23 kg, has a perfect body proportion, with a head length of 61-106 cm and a tail length of 55-91 cm. What is rare is that it has a gorgeous "coat".
There are black patterns on the cheeks extending backwards, and there are gray-yellow colors on the body, and there are large black stripes of cloud-like patterns covered with black borders, which are as beautiful as clouds. There are large black oval patterns on the limbs and abdomen, and black ring patterns on the tail.
The limbs are thick, the hind legs are longer than the front legs, the soles of the feet are wider, the ankles are flexible and able to turn, and you can easily move and jump on the tree.A tail that is as long as the body is not a decoration, but a "magic weapon" that can keep it balanced on the tree.
The most powerful thing is that the ratio of the canine teeth and skull of the Malay Cloud Leopard is the longest, similar to the ancient beast, saber-toothed tiger, and is as sharp as a dagger. Moreover, the Malay Cloud Leopard's mouth can be opened very much, which is a real bloody mouth, and its bite force is stronger than the leopard . No wonder the Malay clouded leopard can bite off the spine of its prey in one bite.
04 Climbing trees to a new height, able to hang your body upside down on the trees, and down the tree standing upside down
Malay clouded leopard is a typical solitary animal, lazy during the day and active at night. He is best at climbing. He spends more time on trees than on the ground. He has a very sensitive sense of smell, hearing and vision. His night vision is particularly good. The nearby wind and movements cannot escape its eyes.
, and also has sensitive tentacles, which can obtain information through touch. Generally speaking, the Malay cloud leopard remains silent, but sometimes it makes a whistling sound with extremely strong penetration, perhaps communicating with similar types in different regions.
The cats who are good at climbing trees are not only clouded leopards, but only clouded leopards are climbing trees to new heights. Scientists observed that the Malay clouded leopard would " upside down the kimono " down the tree, with its tail facing upwards and head facing down, step by step, at an extremely fast speed. And he would also grab the trunk of his limbs and move his body upside down.
As a cat family, you like loneliness and wander, but you will definitely have your own territory. A male Malay clouded leopard will occupy an area of about 50 square kilometers and will not allow other similar invasions.
Don’t work during the day, but during the morning and evening, you will move around. On the thick tree trunk, constantly scratching and leaving your claw marks; you will also scratch your cheeks and chin on the trunk, or spray urine to leave your own odor, which will serve as a warning.
05 is good at hunting on trees, ambushing on the ground, and catching fish in the water. Monkeys are most afraid of it.
Malay clouded leopard with extraordinary skills is good at hunting on trees. They often ambush among dense branches, waiting for an opportunity to hunt. Malay clouded leopard has a wide range of prey. Are you curious about what its recipes are on?
includes but is not limited to primates, birds, small rodents, as well as wild boars, sturtle pigs, red deer , horned deer and other ungulate animals. The menu is very rich. In addition, Malay Cloud Leopard is "high-skilled" and sometimes hunts large animal sambars, but will choose underage little sambars to start.
Hiding among the leaves, and when you find prey, you attack quickly. Monkeys that rely on the woods to survive are most afraid of encountering Malay clouded leopards, because Malay clouded leopards are also good at jumping and moving among trees, which makes the monkey's survival advantage disappear.
. Malay cloud leopards often attack different monkeys such as long-tail monkey , macaque , etc., and directly chase after them, greet them with sharp teeth, bite the monkey's key points.
In addition, Malay clouded leopards are also good at ambushing prey on the ground and their swimming skills are not bad. Sometimes they will go into the water to catch fish, but the proportion of food in fish is not large.
After all, Malay clouded leopards prefer to hunt in the forest. When they come to their prey, they can easily catch a small wild deer or a small wild boar by jumping down from the tree.
06 Through voice courting, the female beast gave birth to three cubs and raised the lonely Malay clouded leopard alone, and only accompanied the same species during the breeding season. From December to March, it is the peak period for Malay Cloud Leopard to find a spouse.
communicates through sounds, smells, etc. The male Malay clouded leopard will run to the female territory and meet him. But the time we got together was not long. After several matings within a few days, the male Malay clouded leopard would return to his territory and continue his previous life of being alone.
The pregnancy period of female Malay clouded leopard is about 90 days. One child can give birth to 1-5 cubs, but usually 3. It is difficult to support the number of animals. The female beast raises two or three cubs alone, so there is no great pressure to survive.
The newborn cub is small, weighing less than 300 grams, and needs to be carefully fed and protected by the female beast. Weaned at 3 months old, and the fur color of 5 months old is the same as that of adult individuals. When they grow up to 10 months old, they can almost live independently.
Female beast raises cubs and can let go if it is under 1 year old and let it survive on its own. Therefore, if you can find a spouse normally, the mother beast can have one child a year.
