Trail cameras capture first-of-its-kind footage of 'one of the rarest' feline species in the world: 'An incredibly

encouraging sign'

A rare sighting from deep in the forest of Borneo has given conservationists hope that the vulnerable clouded leopard is on the prowl.

In April, the Orangutan Foundation and Tanjung Puting National Park captured video of a mother and two cubs hopping through a thicket. One of the cubs even stopped to take a long look at the camera.

The Bornean clouded leopard is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, according to the foundation. The animal is endangered partly because of its low recruitment rate; few adults produce and raise offspring until they are two years old, at which point they join the breeding population.

Deforestation has taken its toll on the leopard, which relies on forests for habitat. The foundation said in a news release that more than two-thirds of the animals have been killed in recent years.

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