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9 summaries in Small Wildcat Biology on fishing cat
Research overview: assessing extinction risk in small wildcats
OverviewThis overview examines how the extinction risk of small wildcats is assessed and the difficulties involved. Status assessments draw on distribution, population size and trend, habitat, and threats to…
Research overview: fishing cat activity patterns and movement
OverviewThis overview examines the activity and ranging behavior of the fishing cat, drawn from telemetry and camera-trap studies. The species is predominantly nocturnal and crepuscular, concentrating activit…
Research overview: fishing cat diet and piscivory
OverviewTrue to its name, the fishing cat is among the most piscivorous of felids, and this overview synthesizes diet studies confirming that fish form a major part of its diet, supplemented by rodents, birds…
Research overview: fishing cat distribution in South and Southeast Asian wetlands
OverviewThe fishing cat is a wetland specialist found in scattered populations across South and Southeast Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and parts of Southeast Asia, with strongholds in m…
Research overview: fishing cat semi-aquatic adaptations
OverviewThe fishing cat shows clear adaptations to a semi-aquatic life, and this overview reviews them. The species has partially webbed forefeet, a deep-chested, muscular body, a short tail that may act as a…
Research overview: fishing cats in agricultural wetlands and human conflict
OverviewMuch fishing cat habitat now lies within human-dominated wetlands, including rice paddies, fish farms, and the marshy fringes of villages, and this overview reviews research on these populations. Came…
Research overview: fishing cats in the Sundarbans and mangrove systems
OverviewThe mangrove forests of the Sundarbans and other deltas hold important fishing cat populations, and this overview compiles research from these systems. Tidal mangroves offer abundant fish, crabs, and…
Research overview: wetland loss as the primary threat to fishing cats
OverviewThis 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…
Research synthesis: fishing cat conservation status
ReviewThis 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…