The Clouded Leopard -- For Apple Fans; For the Bakken, Scroll Up, Down, or Sideways

Updates

June 22, 2013: some weeks ago at the WWDC, Apple announced the new name for Apple OS. They briefly considered "Sea Lion." Apple has decided to switch direction. New operating systems will be named after landmarks in California. The first one is Mavericks, a surfing locale off San Francisco.

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Early signs of OS 10.9 appearing --

• Apple OS 10.9 -- your guess here --
• Apple OS 10.8 -- Mountain Lion -- July 25, 2012 -- 9th major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.7 -- Lion -- July 20, 2011 -- 8th major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.6 -- Snow Leopard -- June 8, 2009, 7th major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.5 -- Leopard -- October 26, 2007, 6th major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.4 -- Tiger -- April 29, 2005, 5th major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.3 -- Panther -- October 24, 2003, 4th major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.2 -- Jaguar -- August 23, 2002, 3rd major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.1 -- Puma -- September 25, 2001, 2nd major release of OS X
• Apple OS 10.0 -- Cheetah -- March 24, 2001, 1st release of OS X 

Other than the "Clouded Leopard" found in southeast Asia, there are few other distinctive big cat names available.

How appropriate. But is it a "leopard too far"?

By the way, my nine-year-old granddaughter knew of the clouded leopard; she said it was in the National Geographic Almanac.  That I did not know.