Golden cat

Golden cat

A golden cat is a medium-sized wild cat belonging to either the genus "Catopuma" or "Profelis". There are three species of golden cats:

* African Golden Cat, "Profelis aurata"
* Asian Golden Cat, "Catopuma temminckii"
* Bay Cat, "Catopuma badia"

Golden cats inhabit rainforests and hunt on the ground. Their fur color is normally reddish brown or golden brown, although there are several color variants. According to recent studies the African species is not closely related to the two Asian species; the similarity appears to be a result of convergent evolution.


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  • golden cat — ▪ mammal  either of two cats of the family Felidae: the African golden cat (Felis aurata), or the Asian golden cat (F. temmincki), also known as Temminck s cat.       The African golden cat is a solitary, nocturnal inhabitant of tropical forests …   Universalium

  • golden cat — Teminko katė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Felis temmincki angl. Asiatic golden cat; golden cat; Temminck’s cat; Temminck’s golden cat vok. asiatische Goldkatze rus. кошка Темминка pranc. chat doré; …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • golden cat — /goʊldən ˈkæt/ (say gohlduhn kat) noun either of two medium sized cats, generally golden brown in colour: 1. the African golden cat, Profelis aurata, of equatorial Africa, sometimes coloured grey or spotted; tiger cat. 2. the Asiatic golden cat,… …  

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  • golden cat — noun : either of two small reddish or yellowish wildcats: a. : a rather pale solid colored cat (Felis aurata) of northwestern Africa b. : a variably marked cat (F. temminckii) of southeastern Asia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Asian Golden Cat — Taxobox name = Asian Golden Cat image width = 250px status = VU trend = down status system =iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Cat Specialist Group|year=2002|id=4038|title=Catopuma temminckii|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes… …   Wikipedia

  • African Golden Cat — Taxobox name = African Golden CatMSW3 Wozencraft | pages = 544] status = VU trend = down status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Cat Specialist Group|year=2002|id=18306|title=Profelis aurata|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry… …   Wikipedia

  • Asiatic golden cat — Teminko katė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Felis temmincki angl. Asiatic golden cat; golden cat; Temminck’s cat; Temminck’s golden cat vok. asiatische Goldkatze rus. кошка Темминка pranc. chat doré; …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Temminck’s golden cat — Teminko katė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Felis temmincki angl. Asiatic golden cat; golden cat; Temminck’s cat; Temminck’s golden cat vok. asiatische Goldkatze rus. кошка Темминка pranc. chat doré; …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • African golden cat — auksinė katė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Felis aurata angl. African golden cat; African tiger cat vok. afrikanische Goldkatze rus. золотая кошка pranc. chat doré d’Afrique ryšiai: platesnis… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

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