First photographic evidence of polymorphic Asiatic Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India

• Main Authors: Mayukh Ghose, Deepak Sharma, Nandavaram Subbarao Murali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2019-03-01
• Series: Journal of Threatened Taxa
• Subjects: camera trapping; eastern himalaya; spotted morph; subtropical wet hill forest; temminck’s cat
• Online Access: https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4254

During a camera trap survey in Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal, India, individuals of Asiatic Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii were photographed between 13 and 26 February 2018.  The images provide the first photographic evidence of the species presence in this protected area.  Both golden and spotted individuals were recorded.