Marbled cat

Description

The marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) is a small wild cat of South and Southeast Asia,where it is suspected to occur over a large range.It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.The marbled cat was once considered to belong to the pantherine lineage of cats.Genetic analysis has shown it to be closely related to the Asian golden cat and the bay cat,all of which diverged from other felids about 9.4 million years ago