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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Classification
System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Asian Golden Cat
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
Source Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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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Infobox: status2
CITES_A1
Article text: "It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red"
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.
Infobox: status
VU
Child Taxon Of: Felidae, Lead
The Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) also known as Asiatic golden cat and Temminck's cat, is a medium-sized wild cat.
In Biome: Temperate Forest, Lead
The species is highly adaptable to a variety of forested environments such as tropical and subtropical moist evergreen forests, mixed deciduous forests, and occasionally more open habitats like bamboo thickets and shrublands.
In Biome: Xeric Shrubland, Lead
The species is highly adaptable to a variety of forested environments such as tropical and subtropical moist evergreen forests, mixed deciduous forests, and occasionally more open habitats like bamboo thickets and shrublands.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata: Asian Golden Cat
Child Taxon Of: Pardofelis, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source 4. Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
5. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt row for this species, Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular and Activity-Diurnal columns
Catopuma temminckii Felidae 0 80 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 11500 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt row for this species, BodyMass-Value column (grams)
Catopuma temminckii Felidae 0 80 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 11500 Ref_117 1
View the Source 6. Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool: AnAge entry for Catopuma temminckii
Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of LiverpoolObservationsQuote, Observations
One wild born female was about 23 years old when she died in captivity
Catalogue of Life
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