Pardofelis marmorata

Place of Origin: Taiwan's distribution, species distribution is already in the northeastern fringe of only distributed in central Yunnan Jingdong immeasurable mountains, Ailaoshan area and the north-west Yunnan, Dali, Lijiang area; abroad are widely distributed in India, Nepal , Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Reproduction: Viviparous. Within one year of rearing two nest, each only 2-4 cubs.

Historical Origins: cloud cats are only in the mid 70s in China found a small carnivorous type, quantity is very rare, in our country is already Vulnerable species and even endangered species.

Habits: Because it is very like to eat juice (coconut trees and palm trees), so the cat appeared in coconut, palm another name for a cat. The main habitat in the south subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, subtropical deciduous broad-leaved forest and mixed coniferous habitat sea technology is generally 1500-2900m.. More in the trees and riverside activities on steep and have a long tail so that the branches can be a period of rapid running, predation, this is cloud cats and other animals, cats belong to different characteristics. The central mountainous areas in Yunnan, cloud cat, mostly rocky cave crypt, soil holes or holes in the trees, and more in the sunny slopes near the ridge. Cloud cat likes the separate activities. A larger range of activities, field size of about 1.5-3.0km2. With mice, squirrels, flying squirrels, birds, bird eggs, lizards, frogs and insects (especially wasps class) as the main food, is still attack the black gibbon, large birds (eg pheasants, peacocks, etc.).

Shape: cloud size slightly smaller than a cat leopard cat, weighs about 900-1500g, length 460-630mm.

Ear: the world all of the cats all have two ears, only the simple state of Sichuan, the cat ears are four ears. The so-called "four ears", it is because of this cat's ear contours overlap, namely, two large, two small, was also in possession of the ear inside the ear, so the formation of four ears.

Tail: Tail is longer, for the 450-560mm, its length almost equal to body length or slightly shorter than the body length. Ogata Cuyuan, tail hair fluffy, tail back a fuzzy ring pattern and the small spots.

Coat: hair on the body because of its color and the sky clouds are very similar, so there is now the name of - Cloud Cat. Cloud cat has brown or dark gray hair. There was a black head, white spots appear on the bottom and on both sides of the eyes, black flower markings will appear on both sides of the body, black vertical warheads (multiple) will appear in the cloud cat back, dark brown hair will be appears in its limbs and tail.