Comments on: Flat-headed Cat

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:10:03 +0000

Yes we would love to see your videos, and put them on our website with your permission. Flat-headed cat researchers are always interested in any videos of these little known cats as well. Please email us at smallwildcats@gmail.com

By: Barry Robinson

Barry Robinson — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:39:10 +0000

Hi,we recently seen a flat headed cat in Sukau, Sabah off the Kinabatangan river on 10th Aptil 2019.
This is our second sighting, the first was 3 years ago down the same tributary river.
We have video of both if it is of any help.

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:47:12 +0000

In reply to AmyEA. YES we are very interested! Any sighting of these cats is big news in cat conservation world. Can you please email what you have to smallwildcats [at] gmail.com and we'll pass it along to the Borneo researchers.

By: AmyEA

AmyEA — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:45:59 +0000

We were lucky enough to sight one of these cats yesterday in Tanjung Puting National Park. We caught the two cats on film, if anyone is interested.

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Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:57:16 +0000

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By: Polly Martin

Polly Martin — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:32:48 +0000

In reply to Andrew Hearn. Sorry it took so long to reply, but I haven't checked the site in several months. I stayed at the Sukau Greenview B&B and if I remember correctly, the boat went south and we were in one of the side channels, so I guess that makes it the Sukua area. If you are in Borneo, I would check with the lodge owners because the wife was on the trip and will probably know a more exact location (she mentioned at the time that she this was the first one she had seen in about 10 yrs). We saw the cat, but with all the activity, it quickly moved away. We returned to the site about 15-30 minutes later and it was back in the same place. I hope that helps. I do have a pic, if you want to see it.

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:17:59 +0000

In reply to Lucy Schmeidller. Cheetahs, flat-headed cats and fishing cats all have non-retractable claws. Cheetahs are the most well-known, and many people are not even aware of the small wild cats. We have absolutely no control over what other people publish, or where they get their information.

By: Lucy Schmeidller

Lucy Schmeidller — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:28:07 +0000

After browsing through many descriptions of mostly small wild cats, I had a vague memory that one of them was described like the cheetah as having not fully retractable claws. Since I didn’t remember which it was, I googled “retractable claws” only to be
told, over and over, that the cheetah is the only cat whose claws are not fully re3tractable. Now I read that both the fishing cat
and flat-headed cat share this characteristic. Is there some way to at least TRY to keep these various sources of information synchronised?

By: Andrew Hearn

Andrew Hearn — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:38:05 +0000

In reply to Polly. Hi Polly. I study wild cats in Borneo, working in several areas, including the Kinabatangan. It would be really useful to know more details of your great sighting. Was it in the Sukau area, Abai, or perhaps batu putih? Many thanks.

By: Polly

Polly — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:24:34 +0000

I was unbelievably lucky enough to see and photograh a flat-headed cat in Borneo along the Kinabatangan river last year. The tour guide had not seen one in about 10 years and was very excited. When we saw the cat initially, it quickly disappeared, but our guide felt it would be back, so we continued on and then returned about half an hour later to find the cat had come back. If this information is of interest to anyone doing research in the area, feel free to contact me.