Sumatran clouded leopard

{{Short description|Sunda clouded leopard subspecies}}

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| name = Sumatran clouded leopard

| image = RER Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi).jpg

| image_caption = A Sumatran clouded leopard recorded by a camera trap in Riau Ecosystem Restoration

| genus = Neofelis

| species = diardi

| subspecies = diardi

| species_link = Sunda clouded leopard

| authority = (Cuvier, 1823)

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The Sumatran clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi diardi) is a subspecies of the Sunda clouded leopard and is native to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Batu.{{cite iucn |author=Hearn, A. |author2=Ross, J. |author3=Brodie, J. |author4=Cheyne, S. |author5=Haidir, I. A. |author6=Loken, B. |author7=Mathai, J. |author8=Wilting, A. |author9=McCarthy, J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Neofelis diardi |page=e.T136603A97212874}} It differs in molecular, craniomandibular and dental characteristics from the Bornean clouded leopard.{{cite journal |author=Wilting A. |author2=Christiansen P. |author3=Kitchener A. C. |author4=Kemp Y. J. M. |author5=Ambu L. |author6=Fickel, J. |name-list-style=amp |title=Geographical variation in and evolutionary history of the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) with the description of a new subspecies from Borneo |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |issue=2 |year=2010 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.007 |pmid=21074625 |volume=58 |pages=317–328 |doi-access=free}} It was recognized as a valid subspecies in 2017.{{cite journal |author1=Kitchener, A. C. |author2=Breitenmoser-Würsten, C. |author3=Eizirik, E. |author4=Gentry, A. |author5=Werdelin, L. |author6=Wilting, A. |author7=Yamaguchi, N. |author8=Abramov, A. V. |author9=Christiansen, P. |author10=Driscoll, C. |author11=Duckworth, J. W. |author12=Johnson, W. |author13=Luo, S.-J. |author14=Meijaard, E. |author15=O’Donoghue, P. |author16=Sanderson, J. |author17=Seymour, K. |author18=Bruford, M. |author19=Groves, C. |author20=Hoffmann, M. |author21=Nowell, K. |author22=Timmons, Z. |author23=Tobe, S. |name-list-style=amp |year=2017 |title=A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group |journal=Cat News |issue=Special Issue 11 |pages=64–65 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y#page=65}}