Rusty-spotted cat  (Prionailurus rubiginosus)

Range

Occurs in India and Sri Lanka. Most records of the rusty-spotted cat are from southern India but there have been some recorded in the north (4).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The rusty-spotted cat inhabits dry deciduous forest, scrub, grassland and rocky areas (2). It has also occasionally been found in modified habitats such as tea plantations, and the attics of houses surrounded by paddy fields and coconut plantations (4)

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