Marbled Cat Wild Cats India

Images of clouded leopard wild dogs himalayan serow and a marbled cat too have been captured in the trap cameras installed in neora.

Marbled cat wild cats india.

Marbled wild cat is another lesser known species of felid found in north east india from the eastern himalayas to southeast asia. Marbled cat pardofelis marmorata the range of the marbled cat extends from northeast india with subspecies in nepal and through southeast asia including borneo and sumatra linked to the mainland of asia. The royal bengal tiger which is also known as the indian tiger or bengal tiger is scientifically known as panthera tigris. Its colour varies from brownish grey to ochreous brown above and greyish at below.

It is similar in size to the domestic cat with a longer more thickly furred tail. The marbled cat was once considered to belong to the pantherine lineage of cats. All these species however were earlier camera trapped in. Marbled cats live in nepal and northern india south eastern asia borneo and sumatra.

The marbled cat is one of the least known small wild cat found in india. The marbled cat is a small wild cat native from the eastern himalayas to southeast asia where it inhabits forests up to 2 500 m altitude. As it is present in a large range it has been listed as near threatened on the iucn red list since 2015. It is closely related to the asian golden cat and the bay cat all of which diverged from other felids about 9 4 million years ago.

This is a small wild cat which is found in southeast asia. They occur in mixed deciduous evergreen forest clearings secondary forest rocky scrub and six year old logged forest. Marbled cat is similar in size to a domestic cat found along the himalayan foothills and northern sikkim. Marbled cat is also listed as near endangered species.