How to Use clouded leopard in a Sentence

clouded leopard

noun
  • Plus, for the first time in the zoo’s 114-year history, clouded leopards and African leopards have also joined the pack.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • Nova is a four-year-old clouded leopard with round ears and a dappled coat.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Those species range from the clouded leopard (above left) to the giant panda (right) to the world’s last 30 Hainan black crested gibbons.
    Glenna Gordon, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2020
  • For now, the zoo has no long-term plans to grow its clouded leopard population.
    Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Some point to the clouded leopard of Asia has sometimes as having the potential to become the next sabertooth.
    Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • The first oddity took place on Jan. 13 when the zoo was shut down after Nova, a clouded leopard, vanished.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Extremely secretive and elusive, clouded leopards are known to be one of the best climbers.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Last month, a clouded leopard escaped from the Dallas Zoo after a hole was cut in its enclosure.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Another creature that shares the same habitat as the giant panda is the clouded leopard.
    Rebecca Cairns; Video By Hazel Pfeifer, CNN, 10 May 2022
  • The zoo was forced to close Jan. 13 when a 25-pound clouded leopard named Nova disappeared from its enclosure.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Reportedly the smallest of the large cats, the clouded leopard can rotate its ankles.
    Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2019
  • First identified in 1821, clouded leopards live among the rainforests of Southeast Asia.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The clouded leopard, named Nova, got out of her enclosure Friday morning, forcing the zoo to close and prompting an hours-long search.
    CBS News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Nova, a 3-year-old clouded leopard, fled from her enclosure on Jan. 13.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The clouded leopard isn't the only cat prowling the Giant Panda National Park.
    Rebecca Cairns; Video By Hazel Pfeifer, CNN, 10 May 2022
  • In January, a clouded leopard — a species much smaller than a tiger — escaped her enclosure at the zoo after its mesh was cut.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The first major incident at the zoo, on Jan. 13, was the disappearance of the clouded leopard named Nova, who was found unharmed hours later.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The cat’s canines are long for its size; perhaps, over time and with the right evolutionary nudging, the clouded leopard or another cat could take Smilodon's place.
    Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Before Bella and Finn's disappearance, a 4-year-old clouded leopard named Nova went missing on Jan. 13, prompting the zoo to close for the day.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Police have since charged Irvin with two counts of burglary to a building in connection with the tamarin monkey and clouded leopard cases, police said.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • About a week before, a clouded leopard, Nova, got out of her habitat after someone broke into it, according to the zoo.
    James Hartley Fort Worth Star-Telegram (tns), al, 30 Jan. 2023
  • None of the zoo’s other big cats, including snow leopards, cheetahs, a clouded leopard, an Amur leopard, and a puma are showing symptoms.
    Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2020
  • An undated photo of a clouded leopard named Nova resting on a tree limb in an enclosure at the Dallas Zoo.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The damage to an enclosure housing a clouded leopard allowed the animal, named Nova, to escape, forcing the zoo to close Jan. 13.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The death comes just over a week after an hours-long search for a missing clouded leopard spurred a criminal investigation.
    Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Suksn, a seven-year-old female clouded leopard, gave birth to two cubs, according to a Wednesday news release.
    Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Nashville Zoo has announced the birth of two clouded leopard cubs — one of the Tennessee zoo's signature animals.
    Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022
  • Zoo Miami announced the birth of two adorable clouded leopard kittens Tuesday.
    Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Irvin was also facing burglary charges in relation to the tamarin monkey case and the disappearance of Nova, a 4-year-old clouded leopard.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The death comes just more than a week after an hourslong search for a missing clouded leopard, Nova, spurred a criminal investigation.
    Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023

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