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Borneo Bay Cat

Pardofelis badia

Summary 3

The bay cat (Pardofelis badia), also known as the Bornean cat, Bornean bay cat, or Bornean marbled cat, is a wild cat endemic to the island of Borneo that appears relatively rare compared to sympatric felids, based on the paucity of historical as well as recent records. In 2002, the IUCN classified the forest-dependent species as Endangered because of a projected population decline by more than 20% by 2020 due to habitat loss. As of 2007,...

Habitat and ecology 4

Habitat and Ecology

The Borneo bay cat appears to be forest dependent, with records from hill and lowland forest as well as swamp forest (Meijaard 1997, Azlan et al. 2003, Hearn and Bricknell 2003, Azlan and Sanderson 2007, Yasuda et al. 2007). It has been recorded from regenerating logged forest (Nowell and Jackson 1996, Hearn and Bricknell 2003, Kitchener et al. 2004, Meijaard et al. 2005a). It has never been studied and there is no information about its diet (Nowell and Jackson 1996, Sunquist and Sunquist 2002). It occurs in both a reddish and grey colour phase. Observations and camera trap photos have occurred at mid-day (Azlan et al. 2003, Yasuda et al. 2007), early morning (Hearn and Bricknell 2003), and at night (Dinets 2003, Meijaard et al. 2005a).

Systems
  • Terrestrial

Physical description 5

Catopuma badia occurs in two different colors, chestnust red, which is more common, and gray. Catopuma badia has dark colored, rounded ears, and a whitish stripe that runs down the ventral side of the body. Catopuma badia weighs between three and five kilograms, and is between 530 and 700 mm in length. (Sunquist et al. 1994)

Range mass: 3 to 5 kg.

Range length: 530 to 700 mm.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Jim Sanderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bay_cat_1_Jim_Sanderson.jpg
  2. Zoological Society of London, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chat_Bai_1874.jpg
  3. Adapted by Brian Martin from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardofelis_badia
  4. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28253588
  5. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18638835

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