Talk:Clouded Leopard
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Clouded leopards closest thing to the sabertooth.
[edit] Start rating
I was reluctant to give this article a start rating, but the lack of references definitely convinced me. Otherwise a great article that could do with some research form the finnish site & TLC... Spawn Man 04:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] new species?
All the news orgs are reporting a new species split off in Borneo, including a new binomial, but I can't find a link to a journal article. Anyone else having any luck? Sabine's Sunbird talk 07:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- The news reports are based on this press release from the WWF. The work appears to have been performed by the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Sciences at the National Museum of Scotland. Bluap 14:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New range map
I have some doubts about the new range map, showing Sumatra island, because the WWF news says that Scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an entirely new species of cat. I think it would be careful, before drawing a new range map, to look at the content of article Geographical Variation in the Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa, Reveals Two Species (December 5, 2006, Issue 16 (23) of Current Biology), which can be bought from page http://www.current-biology.com/content/issue?volume=16&issue=23 (Table of Contents)... 
Hégésippe | ±Θ± 18:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
