Editing Formosan clouded leopard (section)

== Taxonomy ==
''Felis nebulosa'' was the [[scientific name]] proposed by [[Edward Griffith (zoologist)|Edward Griffith]] in 1821 who first [[scientific description|described]] a skin of a clouded leopard that was brought alive from [[Guangdong]] in China to the menagerie at [[Exeter Exchange]] in London.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Griffith |first=E. |title=General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals arranged comformably to the modern discoveries and improvements in zoology |publisher=Baldwin, Cradock & Joy |year=1821 |location=London |page=37 |chapter=The Chinese, or tortoiseshell Tiger. ''Felis nebulosa'' |volume=[Incomplete] |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.127802 |chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016193 |doi-access=free}}</ref> ''Leopardus brachyurus'' was proposed by [[Robert Swinhoe]] in 1862 who described a skin of a clouded leopard from Formosa.<ref name=Swinhoe>{{cite journal |last1=Swinhoe |first1=R. |year=1862 |title=On the Mammals of the Island of Formosa |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |pages=348–365 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen62zool/page/352/mode/2up}}</ref>

It was later considered the clouded leopard [[subspecies]] ''Neofelis nebulosa brachyurus''. However, [[genetic analysis]] of hair samples of ''Neofelis'' [[Specimen (biology)|specimen]]s revealed that the Formosan clouded leopard is not distinct from the mainland clouded leopard.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Buckley-Beason |first1=V. A. |last2=Johnson |first2=W. E. |last3=Nash |first3=W. G. |last4=Stanyon |first4=R. |last5=Menninger |first5=J. C. |last6=Driscoll |first6=C. A. |last7=Howard |first7=J. |last8=Bush |first8=M. |last9=Page |first9=J. E. |last10=Roelke |first10=M. E. |last11=Stone |first11=G. |last12=Martelli |first12=P. P. |last13=Wen |first13=C. |last14=Ling |first14=L. |last15=Duraisingam |first15=R. K. |last16=Lam |first16=P. V. |last17=O'Brien |first17=S. J. |name-list-style=amp |title=Molecular evidence for species-level distinctions in clouded leopards |journal=Current Biology |year=2006 |volume=16 |issue=23 |pages=2371–2376 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.066 |pmid=17141620|pmc=5618441|bibcode=2006CBio...16.2371B }}</ref><ref name="Kitchener 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Kitchener |first1=A. C. |last2=Beaumont |first2=M. A. |last3=Richardson |first3=D. |name-list-style=amp |title=Geographical variation in the clouded leopard, ''Neofelis nebulosa'', reveals two species |journal=Current Biology |year=2006 |volume=16 |issue=23 |pages=2377–2383 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.066 |pmid=17141621 |s2cid=6838593|doi-access=free |bibcode=2006CBio...16.2377K }}</ref> The Formosan clouded leopard is therefore currently not recognised as a distinct clouded leopard subspecies.<ref name=catsg/>