🐈African golden cat
The African golden cat is a wild cat endemic to the rainforests of West and Central Africa. It is threatened due to deforestation and bushmeat hunting and listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is a close relative of both the caracal and the serval. Previously, it was placed in the genus Profelis. Its body size ranges from 61 to 101 cm with a 16 to 46 cm long tail.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 11 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 21 years
Everything we know about the African golden cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass11 kgAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan21 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation81 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓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 African golden cat yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusProfelis
- ›speciesProfelis aurata
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusProfelis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusProfelis
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