Clouded Tiger Cat : Discovered
A new species of tiger cat, the clouded tiger cat, discovered in Brazil, faces threats from deforestation and illegal hunting.
- Clouded Tiger Cat is a new species of forest-dwelling tiger cat. Its scientific name is Leopardus pardinoides
- It is found in the cloud forests of the southern Central American and Andean Mountain chains, which stretch from Costa Rica through Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.
- It is a long-tailed cat with short-round ears, weighing 2.27 kg.
- It has a remarkably margay-looking head, which has a nice dense soft fur of a rich reddish/orangish/grayish-yellow background color adorned with irregularly shaped medium-large ‘cloudy’ rosettes that are strongly marked and often coalesce.
