Park Chief Mongkol Chaipukdee called the sighting “extremely exciting,” the Bangkok Post reported. The tree-dwelling clouded leopard is one of eight tiger species found in Kang Krachan National Park, ...

hoping to pass off their pelts as tiger skins or sell the bones for use in traditional Chinese remedies. Researchers estimate that only 5,000 to 10,000 clouded leopards remain in the wild.

New research aims to expand our knowledge on the clouded leopard. THE clouded leopard is the third largest cat species in Peninsular Malaysia after the tiger and leopard, but has remain little-known.