🐈Rusty-spotted cat
The rusty-spotted cat is one of the cat family's smallest members. It is native to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Since 2016, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List as the global population is affected by loss and destruction of its prime habitat, deciduous forests.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.35 kg
- Body length
- 0.44 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 18 years
Everything we know about the Rusty-spotted cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.35 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.35 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.44 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass20 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan18 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation68 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 68 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.4 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 Rusty-spotted cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusPrionailurus
- ›speciesPrionailurus rubiginosus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusPrionailurus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusPrionailurus
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