fishing cat
species of wild cat
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Summary
fishing cat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,302 views/month, #661 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
- Parent taxon: Prionailurus[5]
- Taxon name: Prionailurus viverrinus[6]
- Commons category: Prionailurus viverrinus[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Prionailurus viverrinus[8]
- Commons gallery: Prionailurus viverrinus[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], New International Encyclopedia[11]
- Original combination: Felis viverrinus[12]
- Has characteristic: viviparity[13]
- Short name: P. viverrinus[14]
- Taxon common name: Fishing cat[15], Gato Pescador[16], Chat Pêcheur[17], Fischkatze[18], gatu pescador[19], ribiška tigrasta mačka[20], taraikat[21], Chat viverrin[22]
- Time period: Holocene[23]
- Gestation period: 65 day[24]
- Longest observed lifespan: 17.2 years[25]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Cats[26], WikiProject Mammals[27], WikiProject Indonesia[28], WikiProject Nepal[29]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Prionailurus_viverrinus[30]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[31]
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Identifiers
fishing cat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41946[32]. fishing cat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61388[33]. fishing cat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1037335[34]. fishing cat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434899[35]. fishing cat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552770[36].
Why It Matters
fishing cat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]