The exhibit originally housed clouded leopards, who were almost never visible. Definitely the weak link in Jungle World, but the generous vertical space and natural substrate in this exhibit--plus the innovative "predator/prey" view of monkeys in the forest beyond--make it better than most leopard exhibits elsewhere.
I disagree, the leopards make better space of it than fishing cats as they can use several levels, the floor-space is no where big enough for fishing cats or any other large, ground-dwelling cats. I would suggest a small arboreal species, perhaps.
@reduakari commenting from far in the future. As anyone who sees this comment probably already knows, sometime around 2017-2018 the last black leopard (which I believe were of South Asian descent, though I'm not sure if their exact subspecies was known) passed away and an Amur leopard arrived to replace it. I think clouded leopards would make a lot more sense for the enclosure than Panthera pardus- does anyone have any idea why they phased the former species out?
