Saturday, March 13 2010
By Graeme on Saturday, March 13 2010, 07:42 - Animals
The Bornean Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi), or Sundaland Clouded Leopard, is a medium-sized wild cat found on Borneo, Sumatra and the Batu Islands in the Malay Archipelago. The Bornean Clouded Leopard has a stocky build, weighing around 12 to 25 kg. It is the largest felid in Borneo.
image : WWF-Canon / Alain Compost
Distribution map :
Source : Wikipedia
Thursday, January 15 2009
By Graeme on Thursday, January 15 2009, 14:07 - Animals
The Giant Panda is a mammal classified in the bear family, native to central-western and southwestern China.
It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.
Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the Giant Panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. It may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, and bananas when available.
The Giant Panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. It once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing, and other development now restrict the Giant Panda to the mountains.
The Giant Panda is an endangered species and highly threatened. According to the latest report, China has 239 Giant Pandas in captivity and another 27 living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1 590 pandas are currently living in the wild.
Giant Panda distribution map :
Source : Wikipedia
