March 15, 2007 (26) Chinese New Year the first month, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) discovered a new species of the cat family Borneo clouded leopard. the


Borneo clouded leopard
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 15, scientists confirmed that found in the Southeast Asian island of Borneo clouded leopard is a new species of the cat family.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said (lsjt.net) U.S. scientists Borneo clouded leopard and clouded leopard living in mainland Southeast Asia DNA comparison study concluded that the two populations as early began about 140 million years ago divergence. Previously there have been experts believe that they are of the same species.
Borneo clouded leopard is Borneo Island, the largest carnivore, quite the size of a small cougar. Canine length relative to the body type, the first ranking cats. It is estimated that the tropical rain forest of Borneo island, about 5000 to 11,000 Bornean clouded leopard. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said that rainforests of this region so far has not been discovered species, but the survival of the rainforest is threatened by the logging industry.