What is Leopard cat?
{{speciesbox | image = Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis 2-Découpe.JPG | image_caption = Indian leopard cat (''P. b. bengalensis'') | image2 = Chat Léopard de Sibérie.jpg | image2_caption = Amur leopard cat (''P. b. euptilura'')<br>both at the [[Parc des Félins]] | name = Leopard cat | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn /> | genus = Prionailurus | species = bengalensis | authority = ([[Robert Kerr (writer)|Kerr]], 1792) | range_map =LeopardCat_distribution.jpg | range_map_caption = Distribution of leopard cat, 2015<ref name=iucn/> }} The '''leopard cat''' (''Prionailurus bengalensis'') is a small [[Felidae|wild cat]] of [[South Asia|South]] and [[East Asia]]. Since 2002 it has been listed as [[least concern]] by [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]]. It is widely distributed, but habitat loss and hunting occurs in places. There are twelve leopard cat [[subspecies]], which differ widely in appearance<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN |assessors= Sanderson J. |display-authors = etal |year = 2008 |taxon = Prionailurus bengalensis |id=18146 |version=2012.2}}</ref> and were once thought to be separate species. The Sunda Leopard Cat is accepted as a species. The small cat is similar to the domestic cat but with longer legs. It is not closely related to the [[leopard]] but has leopard-like spots. == Distribution == Leopard cats are the most widely distributed Asian small cats. Their range extends from the [[Russian Far East]], [[Korea]], [[China]], [[Indochina]], the [[Indian subcontinent]], northern [[Pakistan]], the [[Philippines]] and the [[Sunda Islands]] of [[Indonesia]]. They prefer forested habitats, but are found in agriculturally used areas. They live in [[tropical]] [[evergreen]] [[rainforest]]s and [[plantation]]s at [[sea level]], and in [[subtropical]] [[deciduous]] and [[conifer]] [[forests]] in the foothills of the [[Himalayas]] above {{convert|1000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=WCoW>Sunquist M. & Sunquist F. 2002. ''Wild cats of the World''. Chicago: University of C