Least ConcernJungle Cat
Felis chaus
24 countries27 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 14 species of cat, in the family Felidae.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
4 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 139 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It is one of the few small cats able to dive for fish.
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It makes a sound like a small roar rather than the hiss typical of cats.
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It lives in wetlands and marshes from Egypt to South-East Asia.
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When threatened it raises the fur along its back and looks twice its size.
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It is the size of a domestic cat but has a broad face and long fur: some individuals have hairs up to 7 cm long that form a crest along the back.
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Its activity pattern is cathemeral: studies in Peru, Argentina and Bolivia have recorded it active at any hour of the day or night, not only after dark.
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Its greatest threat is not hunting but genetic hybridisation with feral domestic cats.
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It feeds mainly on small rodents.
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Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 14.
