I love your snow leopard hybrid Robert posts, but may I suggest: clouded leopard hybrid Robert!
Cute but deadly, with big ol' brown eyes, exactly like Robert
Link to the Animalogic video on these guys; the "deadly with big brown eyes"-decriptor is very apt! XD
Like most children of the 90s/00s, I was introduced to the Clouded Leopard via "Rugrats Go Wild" - so you can imagine the whiplash of seeing one as a villainous beast to... babey cat.
Note: the Rugrats depiction isn't even size accurate - they're about as small as a greyhound.
This photo is of a near-adult (about 8 months old) at San Diego Zoo;
Nature basically went "What if I make smaller big cat for big trees?" and boom Clouded Leopard.
The Latin name of the Mainland Clouded Leopard - Neofelis nebulosa - is a reference to their nebula-shaped markings.
There's also the Sunda/Bornean Clouded Leopard thats a little darker furred. There are other subspecies that have been sadly lost to time.
They live all over warmer areas of South and East Asia, and have been found even in the lower Himalayas. Their historical range could be even larger.
They don't consider humans food, since they coexist naturally with Orangutans. Everything else in their environment - squirrels, monkeys, pangolins, red pandas, porcupines, deer, hog etc - is fair game though.
And being the cat with the Largest Tooth to Head Size, you can see why.
(note; these big teeth actually causes them to fumble mating rituals since it involved biting the female's neck. A rough or inexperienced male can seriously harm their mates on complete accident.)
Fun fact, they are not considered "true" Big Cats due to their genealogy, even though they have the Big Cat trait of flexible vocal cords.
In the case of Robert being a Clouded Leopard hybrid, it's very on-brand!
Tiny, deadly, can survive long falls, and has big adorable brown eyes.
Now I'm just imagining Robert sleeping in a sunbeam, and the Z-Team experiencing extreme cuteness aggression. XD
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