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Conservationists in Bangladesh are thrilled after the discovery by local villagers of a clouded leopard cub, a species which was previously thought extinct in that country.

This is the first time a clouded leopard has been spotted in Bangladesh in 20 years. The cub, which was captured by the villagers, was seen with a sibling and their mother while they were eating a dead monkey. That means there may be a small but healthy breeding population surviving in the wild.

The stork had a very busy day on July 9, 2009. Three endangered species gave birth within a 24 hour period at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center (CRC).