Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat

Title
Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat
Publication Date
1994
Author(s)
Sunquist, Mel
Leh, Charles
Hills, Daphne M
Rajaratnam, Rajanathan
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-7935
Email: rrajarat@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rrajarat
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1017/S0030605300028313
UNE publication id
une:23266
Abstract
The bay cat Catopuma badia has been rediscovered in Borneo, where it is endemic and where there have been no confirmed sightings since 1928. In November 1992 an adult female, which had been captured by native trappers on the Sarawak-Indonesian border and kept in captivity for some months, was brought into the Sarawak Museum on the point of death. It was only the seventh known specimen and the first of a whole animal. In appearance it bears a striking resemblance to Temminck's cat C. temminckii, although it is much smaller. Genetic analysis of blood and tissue samples will assist in clarifying its taxonomic status.
Link
Citation
Oryx, 28(1), p. 67-70
ISSN
1365-3008
0030-6053
Start page
67
End page
70

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