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Rediscovery of the Bornean bay cat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Mel Sunquist ,
Charles Leh ,
Daphne M. Hills  and
Rajanathan Rajaratnam
Mel Sunquist
Affiliation:
Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences and Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Charles Leh
Affiliation:
Sarawak Museum, Kuching, Malaysia Fiona SunquistUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Daphne M. Hills
Affiliation:
Mammal Section, The Natural History Museum, London
Rajanathan Rajaratnam
Affiliation:
Senior Scientific Officer, World Wide Fund for Nature, Sabah, Malaysia
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Abstract

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The bay cat Catopuma badia has been rediscovered in Borneo, where it is endemic and where there have been no confirmed sightings since 1928. In November 1992 an adult female, which had been captured by native trappers on the Sarawak-Indonesian border and kept in captivity for some months, was brought into the Sarawak Museum on the point of death. It was only the seventh known specimen and the first of a whole animal. In appearance it bears a striking resemblance to Temminck's cat C. temminckii, although it is much smaller. Genetic analysis of blood and tissue samples will assist in clarifying its taxonomic status.

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Information
Oryx , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 67 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1994

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