#prionailurus viverrinus

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Rarest Animals In The World That Are On The Brink Of Extinction

Fishing Cat (Prionailurus Viverrinus)

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Some of my favourites from Inktober 2023. I decided to draw 1 cat species per day, in a couple of different styles. You can find all of them under the Inktober tag!

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A Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) in Osaka Tennoji Zoo, Japan

by Jin Kemoole

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Fishing Cat | Frida Lannerström

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trick or treat ^__^

You get a fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)!

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Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Leopard cat lineage

Genus: Prionailurus

Depth: 10 (9 wins away from championship)

Two pleasantly weird-looking cats, both living around water in Southeast Asia and preying mostly on fish. (My favourite sentence of flat-headed cat's wikipedia page: "They have been observed to wash objects, raccoon-style.") The fishing cat shows the standard Prionailurus spots, while the flat-headed cat is the only non-spotted member of the genus. (It's still agouti, not solid colored - in domestic cat terms, this pattern would be called ticked tabby.)

Fishing cat

Flat-headed cat

[little-cat-showdown]

[ID: a photo of a serval and a fishing cat, both focused on their heads. the serval is a tawny cat with small black spots and very big ears. the fishing cat is a brown cat with tabby-like facial markings and close-set eyes. it is staring into the camera. end ID]

Serval fun fact: Their ears are big. (Source: My eyes) In other news servals have been crossbred with domestic cats to create the savannah cat (Source: Wikipedia)

Fishing cat fun fact: They like to fish! (Source: I saw one at the zoo) Fishing cats kept in captivity have been observed dropping their food into the water for enrichment before they eat it! (Source: Smithsonian National Zoo)

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Febroary day 4 - Water Decided to draw some Fishing cats [Prionailurus viverrinus] The water was a real challenge, I also tried to make it so that the kitten has wet fur, which makes their hairs more spikey and their fur merges with the spots as if they are streaks of stripes. Not sure if I managed to portray that but good practice! Let me know what you think of this illustration, would love to hear your thoughts!

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Herpailurus yagouaroundi. Jaguarundi.

Leopardus colocola. Pampas cat.

Felis margarita. Sand cat.

Otocolobus manul. Pallas’s cat.

Prionailurus viverrinus. Fishing cat.

Leopardus pardalis. Ocelot.

Leopardus guigna. Kodkod.

I love small wild cats… they almost always look like fucked up reject versions of domestic cats I find it very charming

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A camera trap snaps a photo of a Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) hunting at night near Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Contributed by Danielle Garbouchian (Photo: Sebastian Kennerknecht/Panthera)

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Inktober #5

fishing cat for day #5 !

I'm drawing wild cats this inktober. Which cat species should I do next?

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V2 | A list of animals (Alphabetically sorted by scientific names).

(You can comment on any animal you’d like to add or if you see a mistake.)

Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)

Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead)

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant panda)

Ailurus fulgens (Red panda)

Alces alces (Moose)

Ambystoma mexicanum (Axolotl)

Caesioperca lepidoptera (Butterfly perch)

Caluromys lanatus (Brown-eared woolly opossum)

Canis latrans (Coyote)

Canis lupus (Grey wolf)

Cavia porcellus (Guinea pig)

Cerdocyon thous (Crab-eating fox)

Cervus canadensis (Elk)

Chelydra serpentina (Common snapping turtle)

Chiloscyllium hasseltii (Hasselt's bamboo shark)

Chiloscyllium punctatum (Brownbanded bamboo shark)

Chinchilla lanigera (Long-tailed chinchilla)

Chrysocyon brachyurus (Maned wolf)

Ciconia ciconia (White stork)

Ciconia nigra (Black stork)

Coleonyx variegatus (Western banded gecko)

Condylura cristata (Star-nosed mole)

Correlophus ciliatus (Crested gecko)

Corvus bennetti (Little crow)

Corvus leucognaphalus (White-necked crow)

Corvus splendens (House crow)

Crocuta crocuta (Spotted hyena)

Cryptoprocta ferox (Fossa)

Cuon alpinus (Dhole)

Dendrobates tinctorius (Dyeing poison dart frog)

Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass)

Didelphis marsupialis (Common opossum)

Enhydra lutris (Sea otter)

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus (Black-necked stork)

Equus zebra (Mountain zebra)

Eublepharis macularius (Leopard gecko)

Felis catus (Cat)

Felis margarita (Sand cat)

Fossa fossana (Malagasy civet)

Gekko gecko (Tokay gecko)

Heloderma horridum (Mexican beaded lizard)

Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster)

Heterocephalus glaber (Naked mole-rat)

Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus)

Hydrictis maculicollis (Spotted-necked otter)

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Capybara)

Inia geoffrensis (Amazon river dolphin)

Lagidium peruanum (Northern viscacha)

Lagostomus maximus (Plains viscacha)

Lasiorhinus krefftii (Northern hairy-nosed wombat)

Leopardus pardalis (Ocelot)

Lontra felina (Marine otter)

Lupulella mesomelas (Black-backed jackal)

Lynx rufus (Bobcat)

Macropus giganteus (Eastern grey kangaroo)

Marmosa paraguayana (Tate's woolly mouse opossum)

Marmosops paulensis (Brazilian slender opossum)

Mustela erminea (Stoat)

Mustela furo (Ferret)

Mycteria cinerea (Milky stork)

Mycteria leucocephala (Painted stork)

Notamacropus dorsalis (Black-striped wallaby)

Nyctereutes procyonoides (Common raccoon dog)

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed deer)

Ophiophagus hannah (King cobra)

Otocyon megalotis (Bat-eared fox)

Ovis canadensis (Bighorn sheep)

Panthera leo (Lion)

Panthera onca (Jaguar)

Panthera pardus (Leopard)

Panthera tigris (Tiger)

Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)

Pavo muticus (Green peafowl)

Phacochoerus africanus (Common warthog)

Phascolarctos cinereus (Koala)

Poecile atricapillus (Black-capped chickadee)

Poecile cinctus (Grey-headed chickadee)

Poecile rufescens (Chestnut-backed chickadee)

Poecile sclateri (Mexican chickadee)

Prionailurus viverrinus (Fishing cat)

Pristiophorus cirratus (Longnose sawshark)

Procyon lotor (Raccoon)

Psychrolutes marcidus (Blobfish)

Puma concolor (Cougar)

Python regius (Ball python)

Rhincodon typus (Whale shark)

Saiga tatarica (Saiga antelope)

Setonix brachyurus (Quokka)

Sialia currucoides (Mountain bluebird)

Sialia sialis (Eastern bluebird)

Speothos venaticus (Bush dog)

Stereolepis gigas (Giant sea bass)

Suricata suricatta (Meerkat)

Turdus migratorius (American robin)

Tursiops truncatus (Common bottlenose dolphin)

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Grey fox)

Urocyon littoralis (Island fox)

Ursus arctos (Brown bear)

Varanus salvadorii (Crocodile Monitor)

Vulpes ferrilata (Tibetan fox)

Vulpes lagopus (Arctic fox)

Vulpes macrotis (Kit fox)

Vulpes vulpes (Red fox)

Vulpes zerda (Fennec fox)

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either prionailurus bengalensis (asian leopard cat) or prionailurus viverrinus (fishing cat)

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Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Leopard cat lineage

Genus: Prionailurus

Depth: 11 (10 wins away from championship)

After its win, here is a new challenger for the sunda leopard cat: the fishing cat! This little cat is much more robust than the leopard cat species, with smaller ears and eyes, shorter legs and overall larger size (it's the biggest species of the genus). The name is not a coincidence: the fishing cat is adapted to living in and around water, and its main prey is indeed fish.

Sunda leopard cat:

Fishing cat:

[little-cat-showdown]

[ID: a photo of a jungle cat and a photo of a fishing cat. the jungle cat is a small light brown cat that greatly resembles a housecat, but with slightly longer legs. the fishing cat is a medium cat with a spotted coat, stripes on its face, and small ears. end ID]