Rare Clouded Leopards Born in Zoo

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on March 31, 2009
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Photograph by Meghan Murphy/National Zoo

Earlier this month, two clouded leopard cubs were born at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia. This is the first successful clouded leopard birth at the center in 16 years!

Watch a video of the baby leopards when they were one day old.

Clouded leopards are medium-sized cats that live in Southeast Asia. They are excellent climbers. Not very much is known about how they behave in the wild. Clouded leopards are not endangered, but they may become endangered in the future as they lose habitat to deforestation.

Read more about the cubs on National Geographic News.

Watch a video about clouded leopards on National Geographic Kids.

Get clouded leopard facts on National Geographic.

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Comments

  1. gilly
    April 1, 2009, 4:00 pm

    That is crazy

  2. mrz djdanga jonas
    April 6, 2009, 5:28 pm

    that is sooooooooo cute

  3. flora12345
    April 7, 2009, 11:19 am

    They are cute!

  4. ashadavis
    April 7, 2009, 8:48 pm

    the are one of the most cutest baby cloud leapords i’ve ever seen!!!!!

  5. Billy
    April 8, 2009, 8:40 pm

    those cubs are sooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. rhiaz
    April 9, 2009, 9:15 am

    super cute best 1s eva

  7. Leopardfur
    April 9, 2009, 11:02 pm

    They are sooooooooo cute!!! and i have always loved little kittys they are just to hard to resist!!!!! i cant stop watching the video!! =) go kittys!! (clouded leopards kits)

  8. Leopardfur
    April 10, 2009, 12:18 am

    AWESOMENESS LITTLE LEOPARDS!! they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute! i cant believe how cute those little babies are!!! i’ve actually got to hold one before. my daddy is a vet in that very zoo in san diego. i was actully with them when they were born.

  9. romeomeo
    April 10, 2009, 3:33 pm

    that is sooooo cute

  10. sprinkles123
    April 12, 2009, 10:41 am

    how cute! this would make a great current event! those babies are just too cute to believe it!

  11. poppy101
    May 6, 2009, 11:35 am

    those are cute.

  12. funckypanda2
    May 7, 2009, 5:03 pm

    Is it hard to hold it.

  13. funckypanda2
    May 7, 2009, 5:13 pm

    I saw your video about the clouded leopard’s.
    I thought they were beautiful and cute.
    Was it o.k when it cauft.

  14. name1
    May 7, 2009, 7:56 pm

    there cool babies dude

  15. trin9
    May 7, 2009, 7:57 pm

    i wiss i had one!!!!!!!!

    they are so cute!!!!!!!!!!

  16. grabbyfriu
    May 11, 2009, 4:37 pm

    Awwww! The video and the picture is sooo cute! I just need one baby leopard! (well release them whe they are grown up!)

  17. diva99
    May 18, 2009, 11:10 pm

    those things are adoriable and cute i want one.

  18. playcool01
    May 18, 2009, 11:18 pm

    I lke baby leopoards and want one so much i feel like breaking in to the zoo and taking one so i can have it till it grows up.

  19. caitlovesanimals
    June 9, 2009, 12:49 pm

    i think that thay could be traned to act like a cat but i would completly cool to have them twins as a pet omg i love kittys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20. ilove1234
    December 8, 2010, 4:18 pm

    that super duper alidoshes cute verry much. i love leorads and they look adorble and cute like i said.

  21. leopardlover411
    May 25, 2012, 10:12 pm

    OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CUTE I LOVE THEM I COULDN’T STOP WATCHING THE VIDEO I WATCHED IT LIKE A THOUSAND TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FAVE ANIMAL
    IS A LEOPARD OF EVERY KIND=D

    GO LIL’ KITTY’S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    =D

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