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Flat-headed Cat
Prionailurus planiceps
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Felidae
- Genus
- Prionailurus
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Body 41–50cm; tail 13–15cm
- Weight
- 1.5–2.5kg
- Habitat
- Wetlands: mixed freshwater swamp forest, peat swamp forest and lowland freshwater swamps near rivers and coasts
- Range
- Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
The flat-headed cat is a small wild cat with short reddish-brown fur, an elongated head and rounded ears. Its slender body is 41–50 cm long with a tail of 13–15 cm, and it weighs 1.5–2.5 kg. It was first described in 1827 from a specimen collected in Sumatra (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is also native to the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Borneo, and inhabits wetlands such as mixed freshwater swamp forests, peat swamp forests and lowland freshwater swamps near rivers and coastal areas (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)