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Asian Golden Cat

Mammals

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Scientific Name
Pardofelis temminckii 3
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix I 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pardofelis, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Asian Golden Cat

In Biome

Temperate Forest, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
Xeric Shrubland, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

China

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.
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • 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.
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2. Wikidata: Asian Golden Cat
Child Taxon Of: Pardofelis, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Asian golden cat
WikipediaWikidata Q192233 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
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