What is Fishing cat?
{{speciesbox | name = Fishing cat | image = Prionailurus_viverrinus_01.jpg | image_caption = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Prionailurus viverrinus'' |author=Mukherjee, S. |author2=Appel, A. |author3=Duckworth, J. W. |author4=Sanderson, J. |author5=Dahal, S. |author6=Willcox, D. H. A. |author7=Herranz Muñoz, V. |author8=Malla, G. |author9=Ratnayaka, A. |author10=Kantimahanti, M.; Thudugala, A.; Thaung, R. & Rahman, H. |date=2016 |page=e.T18150A50662615}}</ref> | genus = Prionailurus | species = viverrinus | authority = ([[Edward Turner Bennett|Bennett]], 1833) | range_map = FishingCat_distribution.jpg | range_map_caption = Distribution of the fishing cat as of 2016<ref name=iucn/> }} The '''fishing cat''' (''Prionailurus viverrinus'') is a medium-sized wild [[felidae|cat]] of [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft |id=14000198 |pages=544}}</ref> Fishing cats are the largest of the ''[[Prionailurus]]'' cats. They are about twice the size of a domestic cat and have a stocky, muscular build with medium to short legs. In 2008, the [[IUCN]] classified the fishing cat as [[Endangered species|endangered]].<ref name=iucn/> They live in [[wetland]] habitats, which are increasingly being settled, degraded and converted. Over the last decade, the fishing cat population throughout much of its Asian range declined severely.<ref name=iucn /> Like its closest relative, the [[leopard cat]], the fishing cat lives along rivers, [[stream]]s and [[mangrove]] [[swamp]]s. It is well adapted to this habitat, being an eager and skilled swimmer. Its feet are partly [[webbed feet|webbed]], and it does catch fish. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Felines]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]]