Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis Least concern
Where the leopard cat lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 2,770 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See small wild cats on the world map
| Scientific name | Prionailurus bengalensis |
|---|---|
| Group | Small wild cats |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 8 countries |
| Continents | Asia |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Felidae |
Where does the leopard cat live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the leopard cat in 8 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Guangdong, Russia, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the leopard cat endangered?
The leopard cat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the leopard cat?
The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Felidae, genus Prionailurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the leopard cat
The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) 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.
The leopard cat is native to continental South, Southeast and East Asia. It inhabits tropical evergreen rainforests, subtropical deciduous and coniferous forests up to an elevation of 4,474 m (14,678 ft) in the Himalayas. Since 2002 it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List as it is widely distributed although threatened by habitat loss and hunting in parts of its range.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Leopard cat (revision 1380846041), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q42627 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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