Our Wildcat

Where in Singapore are leopard cats found?


Research (Chua et al., 2016) identifies Pulau Tekong as a stronghold for this wildcat, and that they are also found on Pulau Ubin (Fung et al., 2017). On mainland Singapore, leopard cats are found in the Western Catchment Area and in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (Chua, 2015; Chua et al., 2016). It is believed there are about 50 individuals altogether.


Fun fact: Singapore mammal researcher, Marcus Chua, was the first in the world to record leopard cats on reclaimed land! Read more from his blog here.

Find out all about our leopard cat from Marcus Chua's wildcat lecture!

Literature


Chua, M. A. H. (2015). Leopard cat in Western Catchment Area. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2015: 6

Chua, M. A. H. (2015) Leopard cat in Central Catchment Nature Reserve. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2015: 20

Chua, M. A. H., Sivasothi, N. & Meier, R. (2016). Population density, spatiotemporal use and diet of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in a human-modified succession forest landscape of Singapore. Mammal Research, 61(2), 99-108.

Fung, T. K., Chua, M. A. H.,  Teo, R. C. H., & Sivasothi, N. (2017). Mainland leopard cat on Pulau Ubin. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2017: 160-161.

Kitchener, A .C. et al. (2017) A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11. 80 pp.


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