- In both cultures, it is believed that the clouded leopard and the Formosan black bear are originally white, until one day they decided to paint each other.
- The Formosan clouded leopard is got its non-scientific, English name from an old appellation for the island of Taiwan.
- If an animal is no longer observed by humans, has it gone extinct? Such is typically the case, as it was for the Formosan clouded leopard.
- The Formosan Clouded Leopard was endemic to Taiwan, and the last confirmed sighting was in 1983.
- The Formosan clouded leopard is a subspecies of the clouded leopard, a Himalayan cat that has been on the IUCN's vulnerable list since 2008.
- A discovery by Chang Wan-fu, a researcher at Tunghai's environmental science center, confirms the supposition that the Formosan clouded leopard still exists.
- The fur of the Formosan clouded leopard was a dark grey or earthy yellow-orange color, often largely obliterated by black and dark dusky-grey blotched pattern.
- The body length of Formosan Clouded Leopard is 60~100 centimeters and the tail length of it is 50~90 centimeters. Its body weight is about 16~23 kilograms.
- Prey base for Formosan clouded leopards and the carnivore richness in Taiwan were found to be lower in areas with higher levels of human activity.
- After more than 13 years of search and trace of the formosan clouded leopard, Taiwan and U.S zoologists, declare it almost impossible to exist.
- The Formosan clouded leopard, or Neofelis nebulosa brachyura, was thought to be a subspecies found on the island of Taiwan.
- The Formosan clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) was declared extinct in 2013, though the last official sighting occurred in 1983.
