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Rusty-spotted cat

Prionailurus rubiginosus

हिन्दी: रोहित-द्वीपी बिल्ली

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals listIUCN: Near Threatened
Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)

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Scientific name
Prionailurus rubiginosus
Hindi name
रोहित-द्वीपी बिल्ली
Family
Felidae, order Carnivora
Group
Mammal
Conservation status
Near Threatened

One of the smallest wild cats in the world.

  • Spot it Small grey-tan cat with rusty spots.
  • Home Scrub, dry forest and rocky ground.
  • Food web Eats rodents, small birds and lizards.
  • Why it matters Controls rodents and is part of the dry-forest food chain.

Read more: Rusty-spotted cat on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Sariska and Sajjangarh, Udaipur.[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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