Marbled cat
Marbled cat | |
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A marbled cat in Danum Valley, Borneo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Pardofelis |
Species: | P. marmorata[1]
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Binomial name | |
Pardofelis marmorata[1] (Martin, 1836)
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Subspecies | |
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Distribution of marbled cat, 2016[2] |
The marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) is a small
The marbled cat is closely related to the Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) and the bay cat (C. badia), all of which diverged from other felids about 9.4 million years ago.[3]
Characteristics
The marbled cat is similar in size to a
Distribution and habitat
The marbled cat occurs along the eastern
In eastern Nepal, a marbled cat was recorded for the first time in January 2018, outside a protected area in the Kangchenjunga landscape at an altitude of 2,750 m (9,020 ft).[6]
In northeast India, marbled cats were recorded in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Dampa and Pakke Tiger Reserves, Balpakram-Baghmara landscape and Singchung-Bugun Village Community Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh between January 2013 and March 2018.[7]
In
In Thailand, it was recorded in a hill evergreen bamboo mixed forest in Phu Khieu Wildlife Sanctuary.[11]
In Borneo, it has also been recorded in peat swamp forest.[12] The population size of the marbled cat is not well understood. Few records were obtained during camera-trapping surveys throughout much of its range. In three areas in Sabah, the population density was estimated at 7.1 to 19.6 individuals per 100 km2 (39 sq mi), an estimate that may be higher than elsewhere in the cat's range.[13] In
Behaviour and ecology
Marbled cats recorded in northeastern India and Kalimantan on Borneo were active by day.[7][14]
The first-ever
Forest canopies probably provide the marbled cat with much of its prey: birds, squirrels and other rodents, and reptiles.[5] In the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, a marbled cat was observed in a dense forest patch in an area also used by siamang.[15] In Thailand, one individual has been observed in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary preying on a Phayre's leaf monkey.[16]
A few marbled cats have been bred in captivity, with gestation estimated to be 66 to 82 days. In the few recorded instances, two kittens were born in each litter, and weighed from 61 to 85 g (2.2 to 3.0 oz). Their eyes open at around 12 days, and the kittens begin to take solid food at two months, around the time that they begin actively climbing. Marbled cats reach sexual maturity at 21 or 22 months of age, and have lived for up to 12 years in captivity.[5]
Threats
The primary threat to the marbled cat is loss and degradation of forest as it depends on large tracts of intact forest.[17] Forest loss is continuing across its range due to logging and expansion of human settlements and agriculture.[2] Indiscriminate
Conservation
Pardofelis marmorata is included in
Taxonomy
Felis marmorata was the
At present, two subspecies are recognized as valid:[24]
- P. marmorata marmorata (Martin, 1836) – from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo
- P. marmorata longicaudata (Blainville, 1843) – from Isthmus of Kra
Phylogeny
The marbled cat was once considered to belong to the pantherine lineage of cats.[25] But results of a
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External links
- "Marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata". IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group.