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Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat
Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi
POCOCK, 1939


Photo by: R. Traxl
     
Additional images here: www.biolib.cz

Number of Subspecies:03
Subspecies:There are a total of three subspecies of the species rusty-spotted cat (P. rubiginosus):


1. Prionailurus rubiginosus rubiginosus (Indian rusty-spotted cat) - India
2. P. e. koladivinus (Dry area rusty spotted-cat) - Sri Lanka (Dry-zone)
3. P. e. phillipsi (Wetland rusty spotted-cat) - SW-Sri Lanka (Wetland-zone)

Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
Range:Sri Lanka
Habitat:Wetland
Head-Torso-Length:35 - 48 cm
Tail length:15 - 29,8 cm
Weight:1,1 - 1,6 kg
Food:Birds, small mammals, insects, lizards, frogs
IUCN status:NT (Near Threatened)
 


Current Holdings • Former Holdings
 
Europe (EU)
  Germany (3 Holding(s)):
 
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  • Frankfurt/Main (Zoo) 
     
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  • Grasleben (Artenschutzzentrum) 
     
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  • Sydower Fließ (Wildkatzenzentrum Felidae) 
      France (2 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Les Abrets (Domaine des Fauves) 
     
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  • Nesles (Le parc des Felins) 
      Poland (2 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Lodz (Zoo) 
     
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  • Wroclaw (Zoo) 
      Slovakia (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Bojnice (Zoo) 
      Czech Republic (2 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Liberec (Zoo) 
     
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  • Ostrava (Zoo) 
    Holding(s): 10
     
    Europe (NonEU)
      Russia (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Novosibirsk (Zoopark imeni R.A. Shilo) 
      United Kingdom (9 Holding(s)):
    Holding(s): 10
     
    North America
      United States of America (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Gainesville (Carson Springs wildlife conservation foundation) 
    Holding(s): 1
     
    Asia
      Sri Lanka (1 Holding(s)):
     
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  • Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (Dehiwala Zoo (Colombo Zoo)) 
    Holding(s): 1