Bornean or regular clouded leopard

Can anyone help?

Is there a significant characteristic that makes them different or is it just where they are found?

Exactly!!

Deeming a geographical sub-species to be a full species owing to genetic differences (over 40 in this case) makes life difficult since the actual differences may not be related to external appearance.

I would say that only a clouded leopard specialist may be able to tell (and maybe not even then).

Old thread I know, but this is a representative of the diardi subspecies (Borneo or Sumatra). Where was the picture taken?

hedigerfan said:

Old thread I know, but this is a representative of the diardi subspecies (Borneo or Sumatra). Where was the picture taken?

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it is a Bornean clouded leopard. The photo was taken at Lok Kawi in Sabah. This is a female animal originally confiscated from some people keeping it illegally as a pet in Ranau.