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The flat-headed cat is among the rarest cats in the camera-trap record, and this overview reviews the resulting challenges. Its restricted range, narrow wetland habitat, nocturnal habits, and apparent…

The kodkod holds the distinction of being the smallest wild cat in the Americas, and this overview reviews the biology associated with its diminutive size. Weighing only a couple of kilograms, the spe…

The marbled cat exemplifies how little is known about some small cats, and this overview reviews the data gaps and efforts to fill them. Basic information on the species population size, density, rang…

The rusty-spotted cat vies with the black-footed cat for the title of smallest wild cat, and this overview reviews its diminutive size and associated biology. Weighing roughly one to one and a half ki…

Foraging studies cast the serval as one of the most specialized rodent hunters among cats, with rodents often making up the large majority of prey by number. This overview synthesizes observations of…

Genetic and morphological research established that clouded leopards comprise two species, the mainland clouded leopard and the Sunda clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra, separated for over a millio…

Genetic research has divided the leopard cat into two species, the mainland leopard cat and the Sunda leopard cat of the islands of Southeast Asia, and this overview reviews the evidence and its conse…

Long-term GPS-collar research on caracals around Cape Town has made this population one of the best-studied urban small-cat systems. This overview compiles findings on how caracals navigate a peninsul…

This overview synthesizes evidence that wetland destruction and degradation are the overriding threats to the fishing cat. Drainage for agriculture and settlement, conversion to aquaculture, pollution…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the Andean cat, regarded as one of the most threatened cats in the Americas owing to its rarity, small fragmented populations, prey specialization,…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of Geoffroys cat, broadly assessed as lower risk owing to its wide range, relative abundance, and adaptability, while noting localized pressures. It we…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of Pallass cat, reassessed in recent years as lower risk than once feared but still subject to significant, localized threats. It weighs pressures incl…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the black-footed cat, generally regarded as one of Africa more threatened small felids owing to its restricted range, low density, and specialized e…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the bobcat, broadly secure and even expanding thanks to its adaptability, wide range, and recovery from past overharvest. It weighs regulated fur ha…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the caracal, generally assessed as low risk given its wide range and adaptability, while flagging serious regional concerns. It weighs heavy persecu…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the clouded leopards, both species regarded as threatened owing to their dependence on forest and exposure to rapid habitat loss. It weighs deforest…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the lynxes as a group, which spans nearly the full range of extinction risk. The bobcat and Eurasian lynx are broadly secure, the latter recovering…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the fishing cat, widely regarded as threatened owing to its dependence on fast-disappearing wetlands. It weighs the dominant pressure of wetland los…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the flat-headed cat, widely regarded as among the most threatened small cats owing to its narrow range, extreme wetland specialization, and the rapi…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the jaguarundi, broadly assessed as lower risk across its extensive range owing to ecological flexibility, while flagging serious concern for periph…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the kodkod, regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its small range, forest dependence, and exposure to habitat loss in the temperate forests of C…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the leopard cat, broadly secure across its vast range thanks to adaptability and tolerance of human-modified habitats, while noting important except…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the marbled cat, generally regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its forest dependence and exposure to deforestation across Southeast Asia, thou…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the margay, generally regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its dependence on intact forest, low reproductive rate, and naturally low density. I…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the ocelot, globally assessed as a species of relatively low extinction risk yet under steady pressure from deforestation, the historical fur trade,…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the oncilla, generally regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its apparent rarity, fragmented distribution, and the threats bearing on its varied…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the rusty-spotted cat, historically considered at some risk owing to habitat loss but increasingly understood to be more widespread and adaptable th…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the sand cat, generally assessed as low risk but acknowledged to rest on sparse data. It weighs threats including habitat degradation from grazing a…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the serval, broadly assessed as low risk across much of sub-Saharan Africa but with severely reduced or vanished populations at the northern and sou…

This landmark genetic study reconstructed the evolutionary history of the cat family, using molecular data across all living felid species to resolve the major lineages and their divergence times. It…

Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, Murphy WJ, Antunes A, Teeling E, OBrien SJ · Science · 2006