Comments on: Borneo Bay Cat

By: On the trail of Borneo’s bay cat, one of the world’s most mysterious felines – Mongabay.com – News Release

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:49:39 +0000

[…] IUCN Red List, which categorizes the bay cat as endangered, estimates its potential area of occupation likely shrank by a third by 2010. IUCN also estimates […]

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:23:15 +0000

In reply to Heather. No one can save this cat until people know what it needs to survive in the wild. They have never been studied anywhere. Saving habitat through a commercial scheme will do nothing for the bay cat if there is no prey for them in that habitat, and a healthy population to promote.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:14:24 +0000

This is absolutely amazing- Im a second year BSc zoology student in the UK, I am looking to come up with conservation efforts for this species (only hypothetical) and wondered if you could do anything what would you do? I think teaming up with WLT in their Buy an Acre scheme would be beneficial to get their habitat thriving again |(although it may take many years)- is there anything non-habitat related to save this species?

By: Endangered Wild Cats | Project Endangered Tigers

Endangered Wild Cats | Project Endangered Tigers — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 02:55:28 +0000

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By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Mon, 17 May 2021 21:08:37 +0000

In reply to Benito Rondón. It is officially Catopuma badia as shown on this page from the Wild Conservation Union Cat Specialist Group. Taxonomy on wild cats changes frequently though and it may be something different next time the experts take a look at it.

By: Benito Rondón

Benito Rondón — Sat, 08 May 2021 20:47:49 +0000

I congratulate you for your hard work in researching and supporting these little known wild cats. I wanted to ask you. Its scientific name is Pardofelis badia or Catopuma badia ?. I say this because, according to the IUCN, it appears as Catopuma and it seems to continue to be its official name. And my second question is: What would the entity be? My doubts are due to the fact that I read in a source that in 2006 it was included in the Pardofelis gebero along with the Asian golden cat and the marbled cat .. Is there an official site where I can confirm it? Thank you very much in advance for your response.

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:15:45 +0000

In reply to Sebastian moaveni. Eye shine comes from the nictitating membrane, or third eyelid, which is found in all cat species. The Borneo Bay cat is no exception so no, it is not true.

By: Sebastian moaveni

Sebastian moaveni — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:40:19 +0000

I heard something about the Borneo Bay cat having no eye shine, is this true

By: Jim Heavey

Jim Heavey — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:13:34 +0000

About 8 yrs ago I visited a zoo 45mins by car from kotakina balu saw a gold cat about size and shape close to a greyhound It would not stop moving and I did not get a photo pics here look closer than other pics I’ve seen yevaeh33 @gmail .com

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:51:32 +0000

In reply to Ahmad Ampeng. Please email us at smallwildcats @ gmail.com and we'll be happy to give you more information!