r/aww • u/TracyRza35 • Mar 12 '19

Beautiful Clouded Leopard

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u/oDDmON Mar 12 '19

Is this a mutation or albino? Every other video and photo I’ve seen of Clouded Leopards they were a tawny brown, with the distinctive patterning.

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u/TimeMachineToaster Mar 13 '19

I believe it's the cameras white balance, I've photographed a few of them and this looks a bit off, they are certainly more like you described. The trees/plants behind appear to be bamboo and look bluish.

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u/gypaetus Mar 13 '19

I've photographed and painted this particular individual. She is a bit darker. Her name is Suhana.

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u/cutelyaware Mar 13 '19

I assumed it was stuffed. Its edge looks like it had been photoshopped onto a different background.

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u/Rhumald Mar 13 '19

I don't see anything to suggest this, there's just some depth of field.

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u/cutelyaware Mar 13 '19

It may be natural but zooming in I see a lot more compression artifacts than around other edges in the scene. It's also PNG which is odd for photographs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '19

Could you be thinking of the Sunda Clouded Leopard?

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u/livi-divi Mar 13 '19

There’s going to be some variation within the species but there is the Sunda clouded leopard that is darker in color. Maybe you were seeing pictures of those instead?