Details for Fishing Cat

• Fishing Cat

  The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat native to wetlands and marshy areas across South and Southeast Asia. It is highly adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle, with webbed feet and a short, muscular tail. Fishing cats typically weigh 5-16 kg (11-35 lbs) and have a distinctive spotted coat. As their name suggests, they primarily feed on fish, which they catch by diving, scooping, or tapping the water surface, but also prey on frogs, birds, and small mammals. They are considered vulnerable to extinction due to habitat destruction and pollution of their wetland habitats.

  

  Habitat: The Fishing Cat lives in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sri-lanka, China, Laos, Myanmar.