Golden cat: Chinese alias: original cat, leopard, leopard cats, sesame toon leopard, leopard clouds
Shape features: golden cat is also called the Asian golden cat, was included in the general taxonomy of felis, now put it into gold felis. Golden cat is a medium-sized cat, body length of 90 cm, tail length of 50 cm, weight between 12-16 kg.
Golden cat hair is brown or golden brown, there are also some varieties of gray or even black. Usually spots appear only in the lower abdomen and legs, some varieties will be shallow in other parts of the body. There is a spotted variant in the Chinese, and is very similar to the leopard cat. Golden cat color variation, normal color is orange yellow, with beautiful dark markings. The variant color is red brown, brown and black. No matter how to change, the face is the same, the inner corner of the eye has a black edge of the white stripes.
Color variety, there are at least three kinds of color: red gold back hair cat, red brown, the commodity name "red spring leopard" gray; golden cat, grey brown hair color called "sesame leopard"; striped gray brown color back, commonly known as "fox leopard". Several color type and transitional type, in addition to nearly black black cat.
Distribution: domestic distribution: domestic distribution in the southern slope of Qinling Mountains, Gansu to the south of Zhouqu, Henan and the southern slope of Funiu mountain hills, Anhui Dabie Mountains to the south, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and southern Tibet and southeast of the county, Chayu, Bomi, Lang Tingri, Changdu county.
Foreign distribution: distribution in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Burma, Kampuchea, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
The subspecies distribution: there are currently three known subspecies: Catopuma temminckii temminckii, located in the Himalaya mountains, Southeast Asia and Sumatra; Catopuma temminckii dominicanorum, located in Southeast Chinese; Catopuma temminckii tristis, located in the southwest of China.
Living habits: golden cat is a solitary animal, the whereabouts of wild populations so more secretive, less information habits. The researchers pointed out that the golden cat is mainly at night, and recent studies have shown that there are not many laws in the activities of the cat.
Habit: in addition to the pair of activities in the breeding period, the general living alone. Nocturnal, in twilight activities more, daytime arboreal cave, nocturnal activities. But in the winter there are often daytime activities. Be good at climbing, but on the ground, just before or to escape predators prey on tree activities. The general scope of activities of 2-4 km2, every night about 500-1500m, often on the ridge hill, bare rock or road junction of defecation.
Diet: can prey on Chinese muntjac, tufted deer, musk deer and Artiodactyla, but mainly in various large rodents, but also on the ground of pheasant, hare and other animal. Like to feed on the ground, but can also climb to the height. In a manner similar to that of a typical cat, birds, lizards, rodents, and other small mammals feed, and sometimes catch young. The golden cat will catch larger animals in pairs.