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Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo. Aug 9, 2008. Flat-headed Cat,Geotagged,Malaysia,Prionailurus planiceps,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)

Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo. Aug 9, 2008.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Wow, never heard of this mammal before, and it seems quite rare. Posted 9 years ago

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The Flat-headed Cat

The flat-headed cat is a small wild cat patchily distributed in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. Since 2008, it has been listed as endangered by the IUCN due to destruction of wetlands in its habitat. It is suspected that the effective population size could be fewer than 2,500 mature individuals, with no subpopulation having an effective population size larger than 250 adult individuals.

Like some other small cats, it was originally placed in the genus ''Felis'', but is now.. more

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Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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By Thibaud Aronson

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Uploaded Aug 8, 2016. Captured Aug 9, 2008 16:18 in Unnamed Road, Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia.
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  • FinePix S9000
  • f/4.9
  • 1/19s
  • ISO800
  • 66.7mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.