Jungle Cat

 The 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭 (𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬), also called 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭 and 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐭, is a 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 from the 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬 to 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. It is listed as 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 on the 𝐈𝐔𝐂𝐍 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭, and is mainly 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 by 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

The jungle cat is a 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝, 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭, and the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 of the 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬. The 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 is typically 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟓𝟗 and 𝟕𝟔 𝐜𝐦 .It 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 nearly 𝟑𝟔 𝐜𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 and 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝟐–𝟏𝟔 𝐤𝐠. 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜, 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 tend to be 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 and 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. The 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 is 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 and 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, with a 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞. The 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝟒.𝟓–𝟖 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 and 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 on the 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, are 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫; a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐭 of 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, nearly 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 from the 𝐭𝐢𝐩 of 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. The 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 have 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 and 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐬; 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 can be seen 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 the 𝐞𝐲𝐞. 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧 from the 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 of the 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 the 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 of the 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞 and a 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 the 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞.

The jungle cat is 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in the 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭, the 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬, the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 and in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚.A 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, the jungle cat 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 places with 𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 and 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, such as 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 and 𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐛. It is 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 in 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, such as 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 of 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 and 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 its 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, and has often been 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. As 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 and 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 are 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 of its 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭, it is known as "𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭" or "𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐭".

𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 maintain 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 by 𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. Its 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 is 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 and 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬. It 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 by 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 by a 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 or a 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩; the 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 in 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 the 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲.𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 a 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞, the jungle cat 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 such as 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 and 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. It also 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 and 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. Its 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 typically 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟏 𝐤𝐠, but 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 includes 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 as 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 as 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬. The jungle cat is 𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 in that it is 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬: it 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬, especially in 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫.