President Obama needs to remind Indonesia how loved their country's preservation efforts are by many in the USA.

The rarely encountered marbled cat. Photo by: WWF-Indonesia 

...The five cat species (click title to entry - thank you) documented in the forest corridor represent a wide-range of threat levels according to the IUCN Red List: the Sumatran tiger (Critically Endangered), the Sunda clouded leopard (Endangered), the marbled cat (Vulnerable), the Asian golden cat (Near Threatened), and the leopard cat (Least Concern).

"Four of these species [leaving out the leopard cat] are protected by Indonesian Government regulations," said Karmila Parakkasi, coordinator of the WWF-Indonesia Tiger Research Team. "This underscores the rich biodiversity of the Bukit Tigapuluh landscape and the forest corridors that connect to it. These amazing cat photos also remind us of how much we could lose as more of these fragile forests are lost."

While five cat species in one forest is hugely notable, the largest number of cat species recorded in a single habitat is seven from a forest in India that recently gained protection.

Bayunanda says the presence of these cats should make the Indonesian government act to save the forest....

The IUCN Red List is recognized internationally.  There are far, far to many species already on its 'extinct' list.

Amazona martinicana (Martinique Amazon)  (click here)

Status: Extinct     ver 3.1

Extinct status from 1988.