The Asian golden cat, also known as Temminck's cat or the Asiatic golden cat, is a medium sized wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and southern China. Its scientific name honors the naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
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Source Wikidata: Asian Golden Cat
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It is an opportunistic carnivore with a hunting pattern that can be diurnal, crepuscular, or nocturnal depending on human disturbance and prey availability.
threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2025, and is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation as well as poaching for the illegal wildlife trade, where its pelt and bones are often sold as substitutes for tiger parts in traditional medicine.
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Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = VU
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
GBIF Species API
Wikidata: Asian Golden Cat
Child Taxon Of: Pardofelis, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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