🐈Fishing cat
Kotek cętkowany, taraj, kot cętkowany (Prionailurus viverrinus) – gatunek drapieżnego ssaka z podrodziny kotów (Felinae) w obrębie rodziny kotowatych (Felidae). Żyje wzdłuż brzegów rzek, w namorzynach, niedostępnych lasach tropikalnych i na trzęsawiskach Pakistanu, Indii, Sri Lanki, Indonezji. Gatunek ten jest chroniony przepisami konwencji waszyngtońskiej (CITES).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 11 kg
- Body length
- 0.82 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Fishing cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass11 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 11 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.82 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass48 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 17 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation71 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 72 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l11 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Fishing cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusPrionailurus
- ›speciesPrionailurus viverrinus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusPrionailurus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusPrionailurus
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