About this stamp
On the Stamp
A clouded leopard climbing down a tree trunk, its long tail hanging below. The clouded leopard is a wild cat named for the large dusky-grey blotches on its coat, like clouds; it uses its long tail, 61 to 91 cm, to balance in the trees.
Flora and Fauna of North East India
India Post issued four ₹5 stamps and a ₹20 miniature sheet on 24 March 2005 on the plants and animals of North East India, the easternmost region of the country, made up of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. The four are the clouded leopard, the elephant apple, the Mishmi takin and a pitcher plant. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.
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