Rakhan the 9-month-old clouded leopard cub explored the Cats of the Canopy habitat for the first time yesterday. Clouded leopards are fantastic climbers! Rakhan now weighs 30 pounds and is very playful and loves to explore. 📷: Keepers Piper & Shannon | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

The clouded leopard is a rare and elusive wild cat found in the forests of Southeast Asia. It’s known for its beautiful, cloud-like spots, long tail, and large, sharp teeth—some of the largest in proportion to its skull among all cats. Despite its name, it’s not a true leopard, but a unique species with climbing skills so impressive it can hang upside down from branches. Solitary and mostly nocturnal, the clouded leopard is a quiet forest hunter that’s sadly endangered due to habitat loss and po

CURIOUS CUBS: Two rare clouded leopard cubs make their debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.—the first of their kind to ever live at the zoo. https://abcn.ws/34KtKrt | ABC News

24K views · 1.7K reactions | Meet the Smithsonian National Zoo's new clouded leopard cubs, Paitoon and Jilian. The male and female are the first ever clouded leopard cubs at the National Zoo. They're expected to make their public debut Wednesday. https://cbsn.ws/2NWpbEs | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook

Interesting: this rare footage of a Sunda Clouded leopard and her cubs isn't what you would expect, and emphasizes the need to conserve logged forests ~ https://news.mongabay.com/2017/11/watch-rare-sighting-of-mother-sunda-clouded-leopard-and-cubs-caught-on-film/ | Mongabay.com