Clouded leopard caught on camera in Borneo

The Star reported that the clouded leopard, which is the biggest cat in the Borneo jungles, was captured by a camera trap set up by Cardiff University student, Penny Gardner. Ms Gardner was doing a study on wild cattle known as banteng or tembadau.

The rare shot of the elusive cat was caught on camera on June 22. The camera was set up next to a logging road in the Malua forest area close to the well-known Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Lahad Datu.

The clouded leopard population on Borneo island is estimated to be around 5,000.

For more pictures, visit the Danau Girang Field Centre’s Facebook page, where other wild animals including the bearded pig, Borneo pygmy elephant, crested fireback bird and orang utan in the wild around the Malua forest have also been uploaded.


Source: The Star..Clouded leopard caught on camera in Sabah forest

Clouded leopards in East Malaysia

A big part of Borneo where East Malaysia is part of, is still primary jungle and teeming with wildlife including orang utan, gibbons, proboscis monkeys and elephants.

A sequence of 12 photographs showing a clouded leopard and her cub moving about in the lower Kinabatangan region in Sabah has strengthened calls among conservationists for the setting up of more wildlife forest corridors. More..