Catopuma badia

(Gray, 1874)

Vernacular names
English : Bornean bay cat
French : Chat bai de Bornéo

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can grow to 53 cm in body length with a 39 cm long tail for a weight of less than 10 kg. Resembles a miniature Asian golden cat. Coloration either rich golden brown or dark grey-black, light yellow belly, faint markings on forehead.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in South East Asia and is endemic to the island of Borneo, found both on the Malaysian and Indonesian sides. Lives in all kinds of forests in lowlands and mountains, mangroves.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : ENDANGERED
CITES : Appendix II
Status : This species has apparently always been very rare and elusive and has seldom been sighted in the wild. Endangered by poaching and deforestation.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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