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The Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) is a medium-sized wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China.It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation.
The African golden cat (Caracal aurata) 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 . [ 1 ]
Golden cat may refer to: African golden cat, Caracal aurata, a wild cat distributed in the rain forests of West and Central Africa; Asian golden cat, Catopuma temminckii, a medium-sized wild cat of South-Eastern Asia; Bay cat, Catopuma badia, a wild cat endemic to the island of Borneo; Domestic cat with a golden, or “sunshine”, coloured coat
Catopuma is a genus of the Felidae containing two small cat species native to Southeast Asia, the Asian golden cat (C. temminckii) and the bay cat (C. badia). [1] Both have similar pelage, with solid reddish brown coloration on their backs and darker markings on the head. They also exhibit colour morphs ranging from various browns to gray to black.
Phylogenetic analysis revealed that caracal, African golden cat (C. aurata) and serval (Leptailurus serval) are genetically closely related forming a genetic lineage that diverged from the common ancestor of the Felidae 3] This taxonomic classification is used in the IUCN Red List for the African golden cat. [4]
The African golden cat has a similar build as the caracal's, but is darker and lacks the ear tufts. The sympatric serval can be distinguished from the caracal by the former's lack of ear tufts, white spots behind the ears, spotted coat, longer legs, longer tail, and smaller footprints.
Because of its popularity in Chinese communities (including Chinatowns in the United States), [6] the maneki-neko is frequently mistaken for being Chinese in origin rather than Japanese, [13] and is therefore sometimes referred to as a "Chinese lucky cat" [6] or jīnmāo ("golden cat").
The Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus), also known as the golden-headed langur, is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to Cát Bà Island, Vietnam.It is among the rarest primates in the world, and possibly the rarest primate in Asia, with population size estimated at less than 70 individuals.