Title
Claw imprints in leopard cat tracks – implications for footprint-based fishing cat claims
Author(s)
Platt, Steven G.;Duckworth, J. W.
Published
2019
Publisher
Cat News
Abstract
This note documents the case of a leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis that left obvious claw-marks in its tracks. This observation has ramifications for widely held views amongst wildlife surveyors and conservation practitioners on the identification of fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus based on track morphology.
Keywords
leopard cat;Prionailurus bengalensis;track morphology;fishing cat;Prionailurus viverrinus

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