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Research overview: clouded leopard and small-felid movement in Southeast Asia
OverviewSoutheast Asia harbors a rich diversity of poorly studied forest cats, from clouded leopards to marbled cats, leopard cats, and others, and this overview examines the sparse but growing movement resea…
Research overview: marbled cat and small Asian felid camera surveys
OverviewCamera-trap surveys aimed at tigers and leopards routinely capture a hidden bycatch of small Asian cats, marbled cat, leopard cat, golden cat, jungle cat, and others, providing rare records of poorly…
Research overview: marbled cat arboreal adaptations and long tail
OverviewThe marbled cat is among the more arboreal small cats, and this overview reviews the adaptations behind its climbing lifestyle. Most distinctive is its exceptionally long, thick tail, often as long as…
Research overview: marbled cat diet and activity
OverviewInformation on marbled cat diet and activity is sparse, and this overview compiles the available fragments. The species is thought to hunt birds, squirrels, rodents, reptiles, and other small vertebra…
Research overview: marbled cat distribution in Asian forests
OverviewThe marbled cat is a small, long-tailed arboreal felid of forests from the eastern Himalaya and northeast India through Southeast Asia to Borneo and Sumatra. This overview compiles records describing…
Research overview: oil palm landscapes and wild cats of Southeast Asia
OverviewBeyond tigers, Southeast Asia's oil palm expansion affects a guild of smaller cats, including leopard cat, clouded leopard, marbled cat, and flat-headed cat, with widely varying tolerance of plantatio…
Research overview: the bay cat lineage of Southeast Asia
OverviewThe bay cat lineage comprises three Asian cats: the Asian golden cat, the bay cat of Borneo, and the marbled cat. This overview surveys the genetic evidence establishing this lineage as one of the eig…
Research overview: the bay cat lineage of Southeast Asia
OverviewThe bay cat lineage is one of the eight major felid lineages and comprises three Southeast Asian cats: the bay cat, the Asian golden cat, and the marbled cat. This overview surveys the lineage, placin…
Research overview: the marbled cat and its phylogenetic position
OverviewThe marbled cat, Pardofelis marmorata, is a small, arboreal Southeast Asian felid whose clouded-leopard-like coat once suggested a relationship to the big cats. This overview explains how molecular ph…
Research overview: the marbled cat as a data-deficient species
OverviewThe 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…
Research overview: the two-subfamily structure of the Felidae (Pantherinae and Felinae)
OverviewModern classifications divide living cats into two subfamilies: Pantherinae (the roaring and big cats plus clouded leopards) and Felinae (most small and medium cats). This overview explains how that s…
Research synthesis: marbled cat conservation status
ReviewThis 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…