{"id":39012,"date":"2024-06-11T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4577556e-6671-49b3-bfab-bf526b4c3321"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T10:27:26","slug":"bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">The extraordinary first-of-its-kind footage shows a family of endangered Bornean clouded leopards walking through a forest in Indonesian Borneo. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Daniel Graham\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at 08:30 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>Camera traps in Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo have captured a Bornean clouded leopard mother and her two cubs wandering through a forest.<\/strong><\/p><p>It&#8217;s the first time a family of these endangered leopards has been caught on camera in the wild, according staff from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangutan.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orangutan Foundation<\/a> who placed camera traps throughout the forest to learn more about the elusive species.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rare Footage of Endangered Bornean Clouded Leopard Family!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rzn-7jS3kPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch: Bornean clouded leopard family filmed in wild for first time ever. Credit: Orangutan Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/worlds-rarest-cats\">10 world&#8217;s rarest cats<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/big-cat-british-countryside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DNA confirms there IS a big cat roaming the British countryside<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Bornean clouded leopards have grey fur, a bold double dorsal stripe and distinct spots that sit within the &#8216;cloud&#8217; markings. They are Borneo&#8217;s largest predators and play a vital role in maintaining the ecosystem, says Anxious Yoga Perdana, research manager at the Orangutan Foundation.<\/p><p>The species is listed as endangered and its population decreasing, with deforestation one of the main threats to the species, according to the Orangutan Foundation.<\/p><p>Perdana says that the new footage gives researchers hope that Bornean clouded leopards are still successfully reproducing. &#8220;Being able to see a female and cubs gives us evidence that they are healthy and actively breeding,&#8221; <\/p><p>The Bornean clouded leopard (<em>Neofelis diardi borneensis<\/em>) is one of two subspecies of Sunda clouded leopard in Indonesia. The other, which lives on the island of Sumatra, is the Sumatran clouded leopard (<em>Neofelis diardi diardi<\/em>).\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Main image: Bornean clouded leopard exploring the forest in Indonesian Borneo. 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Meet the tiny felines barely bigger than a ruler<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/facts-about-cougars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pumas and cougars guide: what&#8217;s the difference between them, where do they live and what do they eat?<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The extraordinary first-of-its-kind footage shows a family of endangered Bornean clouded leopards walking through a forest in Indonesian Borneo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39013,"template":"","categories":[1,241],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever.jpg",1719,1148,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever-768x513.jpg",768,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever-1024x684.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever-1536x1026.jpg",1536,1026,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/06\/bornean-clouded-leopard-family-filmed-in-wild-for-first-time-ever.jpg",1719,1148,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The extraordinary first-of-its-kind footage shows a family of endangered Bornean clouded leopards walking through a forest in Indonesian Borneo.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/39012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}