Aug 20, 2010

Clouded leopard cubs at the National Zoo

This April 30, 2010 photo by the Smithsonian Institution shows two male clouded leopard cubs that were born Feb. 14, 2010 at the National Zoo's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va.

Zoo officials said the cubs have been growing steadily and now weigh more than four pounds. They weighed just a half pound at birth. Clouded leopards are considered "vulnerable to extinction