cool-critters:Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)The Asian golden cat is a medium-sized wild cat
cool-critters:Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)The Asian golden cat is a medium-sized wild cat of Southeastern Asia. In 2008, the IUCN classified Asian golden cats as Near Threatened, stating that the species comes close to qualifying as Vulnerable due to hunting pressure and habitat loss, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world’s fastest regional deforestation. The Asian golden cat is heavily built, with a typical cat-like appearance. It has a head-body length of 66 to 105 cm, with a tail 40 to 57 cm long, and is 56 cm tall at the shoulder. Asian golden cats are territorial and solitary. They hunt birds, hares, rodents and reptiles, small ungulates such as muntjacs and young sambar deer. They are capable of bringing down prey much larger than themselves, such as domestic water buffalo calves. photo credits: Karen Stout, Iain Thompson -- source link
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