Introducing the Golden Cat Population Found in Aceh

taministy (60)in #animals • 7 years ago

In recent days, the media in Aceh preached the discovery of a number of Golden Cats, one of which is in Gampong (village) Mosque, Kaway XVI District, West Aceh District, Aceh Province.

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To note the Golden Cat (catopuma temminicki) is a mysterious and very difficult type to encounter today, very little knowledge about the behavior and ecology of this type, including their population in the region. the pattern of animal life is not clearly known unlike other types of cats.

Colored fur from blond brown to black. At the head and bottom of the tail, there is a white line that can be seen easily. in 1996, through Photo Trapping, For the first time successfully dijetret a Golden cat in black. These animals can be found from the lowlands to 2,000 meters above sea level.

Her life is not as bitter as other types of cats and is often seen moving in groups, families or in pairs. Generally, these animals move on land even though they are good at climbing and active during the day, even though they are excellent hunters at night. The estimated location is the habitat is Mark and Mount Seblat. And there is an article that states

Cat Gold or common golden paint is also called Fire cat, this animal is one of the animals who participated in campaigning Prevent Animals Extinction by Adsense community Surabaya. The golden cat (Catopuma temminicki) is one of seven types of cats that live within the Kerinci Seblat National Park area. The main characteristic of the Golden Cats is that almost all of its body is brown to gold-remain (as the name implies) but some are gray or dark brown. There is also a black color and this type is the rarest type!

This golden cat lives scattered from Tibet, Nepal, China, Burma, Thailand to Indochina, Malaysia, and Sumatra. Another feature of this golden cat has an average weight for the size of an adult cat of this type is about 8-12 kg with a length from head to tail reaching 1.2 meters. Like his brother's ordinary cat, these animals sometimes look dappled without removing the specific color. This animal is a bit long compared to a regular cat and never encountered with a totally black color. The back of his ears roundabout is a short black line. White lines are bounded in white on his cheeks, which appear from the inside corner of his eyes. The stomach is always lighter than the hips.

Bigger than its cousin from Africa, the Asian Temminck gold cat is about the size of a dog. There is another so-called Fishing Cat that is found in some other parts of the world, whose size is also somewhat similar.

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It is not known how long this golden cat can survive in the wild. Based on observation, during the confinement or pet, they are able to live until the age of 11-17 years. A female golden cat can give birth to three children at once after a gestation period of about 93 days. His body is large for the cat, because the male can have a height of up to 17 centimeters or even more.

Wozencraft, in its controversial explanation of the animal classification system in 1993, considers the Temminck gold cat Catopuma, along with the Borneo bay cat that it says is one version of the Temminck cat (Wozencraft 1993) as well. African golden cats are separated from the two species and now stand alone with the genus of Profiles. All these cats are classified as Felis.

I quote this article from various sources.