Talk:Rusty-spotted cat

Picture
I am not sure if the picture here is a good specimen. It looks like a domestic cat. Perhaps this pic is from a zoo. Rusty-spotted cat is a nocturnal elusive wild animal, and the picture here does not do justice to its nature. Ritigala Jayasena (talk) 14:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Here is a good pic Ritigala Jayasena (talk) 16:53, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, later I found this great link -> ARKive

North Indian records
The recent records from Kashmir, Uttaranchal and ?Bengal? needs to be updated in the map. Trying to find refs. prashanthns (talk) 06:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Is the cat the smallest cat?
This article says the rusty-spotted cat is one of the cat family's smallest members. On a programme on BBC Four tonight called "Big Cats" it was said that the rusty-spotted cat is the smallest cat. Vorbee (talk) 19:15, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * In the Black-footed cat article, the weight of that cat is given as much more than for the Rusty-spotted cat. best, 167.98.48.134 (talk) 19:21, 22 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Would this then make the rusty spotted cat the smallest cat? Vorbee (talk) 08:15, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Can you live with the statement that it is one of the three smallest cat species worlwide? It is certainly the smallest in Asia. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 08:18, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Yes, I can live the statement that it is one of the three smallest cat species worldwide. Vorbee (talk) 08:07, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Map
Hi : again nice of you to prepare a map. But am afraid, it looks like rusty-spotted cat is all over the place :), which is not the case. In Nepal it doesn't occur as far east and its Indian range is much more fragmented than indicated in the map; records in Sri Lanka are limited to date to a few sites in the south. So it would be much better if this fragmentation is depicted in the map. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 05:28, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm aware that the distribution is spotty within the range presented; unfortunately the data at does not fragment the range into more detail. If you have an alternate source, I'm willing to use it. -- Pres  N  05:53, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * The range map in the IUCN RL account is based on records published in essentially the same articles that are also referenced in this page's section on distribution and habitat. It has NOT been recorded in Thar Desert, Rajasthan and Indo-Gangetic Plain. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 06:12, 15 March 2019 (UTC)