Beautiful, Rare and Endangered Fishing Cat Native of South & SE Asia

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Channel: Capybara World · 2012 · Pets & Animals

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They are strikingly beautiful.  I have no ideal why we only made one far too short 13 second vidoe of them.   She smiles at the camera....

The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. In 2008, the IUCN classified the fishing cat as endangered since they are concentrated primarily in wetland habitats, which are increasingly being settled, degraded and converted. Over the last decade, the fishing cat population throughout much of its Asian range declined severely.
Like its closest relative, the leopard cat, the fishing cat lives along rivers, streams and mangrove swamps. It is well adapted to this habitat, being an eager and skilled swimmer.

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