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Is a kind of wild cat species - the type of cat that lives in the wild. The cat species collected in the family Felidae. This family includes various types of cat species including big cats such as tigers, lions, leopards, and jaguars.
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Kind of wild cat species that is native to Indonesia and live naturally amounted to 9 species. Various types of wild cat species native to Indonesia it is:
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| Cats Congkok or Leopard Cat |
Cats congkok a wild cat species with wide distribution area from the start Pakistan, China, to the Philippines, including in Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, and Java).
Characteristic in this congkok cat fur is yellow - gray with a pattern of black spots on the whole body resembled a leopard and while the abdomen and chest are white.
Population still considered safe so IUCN Redlist provide status Least Concern. More details see: Cat Forest Cat Leopard.
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| Forest cat or Flat-headed Cat |
Bobcat is a kind of wild cat species with the Latin name Prionailurus planiceps. The cat with the body length ranging from 41-50cm and weighing 1m5-2,5kg is spread only in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Habitat life is wetland areas such as river banks, swamps, lakes and seaside.
Fur patterns and color combinations are unique. The head is red gradually - gradually turn white on the chest, neck and lower abdomen. Feet, the whole body, and tail are black. The soles of his feet include a swimming selapu that allow these animals can move quickly on the ground muddy and swim with ease. Another special characteristic is the shape of the head is flat. IUCN Redlist put in Endangered status.
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| Or the fishing cat Fishing Cat |
Cats mangrove spread in South Asia and Southeast Asia are certainly in Indonesia precisely in Sumatra and Java. As congkok cat, cat mangroves also like to live in the waters along the banks of the river and mangroves. This mangrove cat's body measuring approximately 57-78 cm with a tail length of 20-30 cm. Weight reaches 5-16 kg. Fur color - gray green zitun with leopard pattern forming longitudinal lines along the body.
These nocturnal animals can swim even capable of diving to catch prey. More details see: fishing cat.
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| Red cat or Borneo Bay Cat |
Red cat (catopuma badia) is endemic to Borneo. Her body beruluran 53-67 cm. 32-39 cm long tail. Reach 3-4 kg weight. Regarding the red cat, read a full explanation in the article Cats Red.
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| Cats Gold or Asiatic Golden Cat |
Cats sized gold being with a body length of 66-105 cm, has a tail length 40-57 cm, weight 9-16 kg and a shoulder height of 56 cm. Distribution area covers the whole of South Asia, China and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia (only in Sumatra). With his size is fairly large, golden cat is able to prey on birds, rats, reptiles, goats, sheep, young deer until the child kerbai. More in the article: Cat Gold.
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| Stone cat or Marbled Cat |
Cats stone (Pardofelis marmorata) is small with a body length of 45-62 cm, tail length 35-55 cm and weight of 2-5 kg. Cats are very agile and has a good climber's body nearly resemble the pattern of the clouded leopard. Learn more in the article: Cat Stone
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| Clouded leopards or Sunda Clouded Leopard |
The clouded leopard is a wild cat species with a medium body size. The clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) closely related to the Asian clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) consists of two sub-species, namely Sumatran sub-species (Neofelis diardi) and Kalimantan (Neofelis diardi borneensis). Learn more at artkikel: Tiger Dahan.
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| Javan leopard or Leopard |
Javan leopard is a leopard subspecies found only on the island of Java. These large cats have a distinctive motif with leopard fur tutulnya. Often also found variations in a glossy black feathers that this variation is often named as a panther. IUCN Redlist set a status in the Critically Endangered (Critical). For more details on the article: Leopard.
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| Sumatran Tiger or the Sumatran Tiger |
Sumatran Tiger (Pathera tigris sumatrae) is one of the seven sub-species of tigers in the world and one - the only third darii Indonesian tiger sub-species that still survive until now. This large cat with a size of about 198-204 cm and weighing 90-150 kg is only found on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Its population is estimated at no more than 400. Because of that IUCN Redlist classify the status of Critically Endangered (critical). For a fuller explanation see: Sumatran Tiger
Congkok cat, jungle cat, cat mangrove, red cat, golden cat, and the cat stone skali often simply referred to as the bobcat only. And in addition to the nine types of wild cats in Indonesia also are also Cats Home or Domestic Cat (Felis catus) which is maintained by the people.
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