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Judi Lynn

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Sun Jun 9, 2024, 12:11 PM Jun 2024

Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for 1st time ever

By Elise Poore published 3 hours ago

Camera traps in Indonesian Borneo recorded a clouded leopard mother with her two cubs in first time footage of its kind.



Beautiful Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi) in Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

For the first time ever, camera traps in an Indonesian forest have captured footage of an entire family of Bornean clouded leopards. (Image credit: Whitworth Images via Getty Images)


First-of-its-kind footage has captured a family of endangered Bornean clouded leopards walking through a forest in Indonesian Borneo.

Camera traps in Tanjung Puting National Park recorded a mother Bornean clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi borneensis) and her two young cubs. The footage is an encouraging sign that the species is still reproducing.

Staff from the conservation organization Orangutan Foundation placed camera traps throughout the forest to record animal species and their whereabouts in the area.

On April 9, the team discovered one of the cameras had recorded a clouded leopard family. While previous footage has captured these wild cats in the area, this is the first time a family has been filmed together, according to an Orangutan Foundation statement.

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Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for 1st time ever (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2024 OP
us: wow...what stunning beauty. ret5hd Jun 2024 #1
Beautiful animals Bayard Jun 2024 #2
Didn't even have to use laser pointers or a ball to get them on camera! Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #3
stellar! ty for posting et tu Jun 2024 #4
Kitties! progressoid Jun 2024 #5
Incredible! PatSeg Jun 2024 #6
Two paws up, or four, however that works. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #7
Beautiful! liberalla Jun 2024 #8
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