Leopard cat

Prionailurus bengalensis · Felidae

The leopard cat is a small wild cat with dark spots on the tawny-coloured body and limbs. It has two dark stripes running from the eyes to the ears and smaller white streaks running from the eyes to the nose, and two to four rows of elongated spots along its back. Its tail is about half the size of its head-to-body length.

Where the Leopard cat lives

Recorded in South Korea, China, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, India and Thailand (Asia).

Most records fall in Ningxia, North Jeolla, Sabah, Guangdong, Gangwon and North Gyeongsang.

See the Leopard cat’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 4,038 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.