Animal Heavenly Body – World Encyclopedia of Animals Vol.2 Clouded Leopard | Figure

IUCN · VULNERABLE · ~10,000 mature adults

One Statue. Two Habitats.

The head attaches to the plaque with a hidden magnet — lift it off whenever you like.

On the shelf: Trophy Hall

Mounted on its wood-grain shield plaque with a brass-style nameplate, it reads like a natural-history-museum exhibit — shrunk to the size of your palm.

Off the plaque: Fridge Guardian

Detached from its plaque, the head brings the forest’s most elusive cat into plain view — a rare sighting, guaranteed daily.

A Saber-Tooth in Miniature

Its canines reach two inches — proportionally the longest of any living cat. Combined with jaws that open unusually wide, the clouded leopard is often called the modern echo of the saber-toothed cats. On this sculpt you can see that broad, powerful muzzle.

The Best Climber in the Cat World

It can climb down tree trunks headfirst, hang from a branch by its hind feet, and even move along the underside of limbs. Its ankles rotate backward like a squirrel’s — a trick almost no other cat can manage.

Painted in Clouds

Those large, cloud-shaped blotches — the source of its name — break up its outline in dappled forest light. The Vol.2 paintwork captures that soft grey-brown ‘cloud’ pattern down the chest beautifully.

The Forest Ghost

So secretive that scientists still know relatively little about it in the wild. Habitat loss across Southeast Asia makes this shy phantom a Vulnerable species — a ghost we’re at risk of losing before we’ve truly met it.