Altai Onion vs Clouded Leopard

Allium altaicum compared with Neofelis nebulosa

Key Differences

Altai Onion is Near Threatened while Clouded Leopard is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Altai Onion	Clouded Leopard
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Allium	Neofelis (Clouded Leopards)
Species	Allium altaicum	Neofelis nebulosa

Conservation Status

Altai Onion

NT — Near Threatened

Clouded Leopard

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~10.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Altai Onion	Clouded Leopard
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.0 m
Average Weight	—	20.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Altai Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Clouded Leopard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Altai Onion

The Altai Onion (Allium altaicum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Clouded Leopard

A medium-sized wild cat weighing up to 26 kg, clouded leopards inhabit tropical and subtropical forests from the eastern Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Borneo. Named for their distinctive cloud-like coat markings, they possess the longest canine teeth relative to skull size of any wild cat and are exceptional climbers able to descend trees headfirst. Vulnerable due to deforestation, though the total population remains poorly known.