🧬 The Felid Wiki — 3,000 research summaries

This comprehensive revision, produced by the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group, synthesized morphological, molecular, and biogeographic evidence to propose a consistent, e…

Kitchener AC, Breitenmoser-Wursten C, Eizirik E, Gentry A, Werdelin L, Wilting A, et al. · Cat News Special Issue · 2017

This study used fecal glucocorticoid monitoring to investigate why captive clouded leopards often breed poorly and show high rates of mate aggression. The authors related adrenal hormone output to hou…

Wielebnowski NC, Fletchall N, Carlstead K, Busso JM, Brown JL · Zoo Biology · 2002

This comparative study applied trait ratings to multiple felid species, including domestic cats, African lions, snow leopards, clouded leopards, and Scottish wildcats, to ask whether personality dimen…

Marieke Gartner, David Powell, Alexander Weiss · Journal of Comparative Psychology · 2014

This overview examines clouded leopard activity, which camera-trap studies generally describe as nocturnal and crepuscular, with some daytime movement, and a strong association with forest cover at al…

This overview reviews the comparatively understudied conflict between people and smaller wild cats, including clouded leopards, in Southeast Asian forest-agriculture mosaics. It synthesises scattered…

Clouded leopards are among the most accomplished climbers of all cats, and this overview reviews the adaptations behind their arboreal skill. Like the margay, they possess highly flexible ankle joints…

Clouded leopards, both the mainland and Sunda species, are secretive, partly arboreal forest cats whose cloud-shaped coat blotches allow individual identification from camera-trap images. This overvie…

Clouded leopards possess the largest canine teeth relative to skull size of any living cat, and this overview reviews the morphology and its implications. The long upper canines and wide gape have inv…

Captive management of clouded leopards has been notably challenging, and this overview reviews research aimed at improving it. Breeding programs have struggled with mate aggression, in which males may…

Dietary information for clouded leopards, drawn from scattered observations, scat, and prey remains, indicates a broad diet spanning arboreal and terrestrial prey. This overview synthesizes records of…

Clouded leopards occupy forests from the Himalayan foothills and northeast India through Southeast Asia, with a distinct species on Borneo and Sumatra. This overview compiles records describing their…

Clouded leopards are forest-dependent cats of Southeast Asia and the Himalayan foothills whose arboreal habits tie them closely to intact forest. This overview surveys their distribution, sensitivity…

The physical environment of an enclosure, including space, complexity, seclusion, and the ability to avoid disturbance, influences the reproductive function of captive cats. This overview surveys how…

Measuring glucocorticoid stress hormones in feces provides a noninvasive way to assess how stress relates to reproductive function in cats. This overview surveys the use of fecal glucocorticoid monito…

The clouded leopard, long treated as a single species, was shown by genetic and morphological analysis to comprise two distinct species: the mainland clouded leopard and the Sunda clouded leopard of B…

Beyond tigers, Southeast Asia's oil palm expansion affects a guild of smaller cats, including leopard cat, clouded leopard, marbled cat, and flat-headed cat, with widely varying tolerance of plantatio…

Many captive cats, notably cheetahs and clouded leopards, undergo prolonged periods of ovarian inactivity in which they neither cycle nor ovulate, undermining breeding programs. This overview examines…

Clouded leopards are difficult to breed in captivity, and reproductive research has examined their semen quality alongside behavioral and stress factors. This overview surveys what is known about clou…

In endangered cats, individual temperament can determine reproductive success and welfare in managed-care programs. This overview surveys research extending the cheetah findings to other species, exam…

Genetic and morphological research established that clouded leopards comprise two species, the mainland clouded leopard and the Sunda clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra, separated for over a millio…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the clouded leopards, both species regarded as threatened owing to their dependence on forest and exposure to rapid habitat loss. It weighs deforest…

This study developed and tested protocols for hormonally inducing ovulation and performing laparoscopic artificial insemination in two nondomestic felids. The authors administered exogenous gonadotrop…

Howard JG, Roth TL, Byers AP, Swanson WF, Wildt DE · Biology of Reproduction · 1997