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Gray, T.N.E.; Channa, P.; Chanrattanak, P.; Sovanna, P.
The status of jungle cat and sympatric small cats in Cambodia's Eastern Plains
2014  Cat News (Special Issue 8): 19-23

South-east Asia is a global hotspot for cat diversity with up to eight species occurring sympatrically. The Eastern Plains Landscape of Cambodia contains the largest extent of deciduous dipterocarp forest remaining in Indochina. Two protected areas within the Eastern Plains Landscape (Mondulkiri Protected Forest and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary) were camera-trapped extensively (>220 locations; >18,500 camera-trap nights) between 2008 and 2012. Six cat species, leopard _Panthera pardus _(391 encounters), leopard cat _Prionailurus bengalensis _(122 encounters), jungle cat _Felis chaus _(19 encounters), marbled cat _Pardofelis marmorata _(four encounters), mainland clouded leopard _Neofelis nebulosa _(three encounters), and Asiatic golden cat _Catopuma temminckii _(two encounters) were photographed. Leopard cats were encountered equally frequently across forest types (deciduous dipterocarp forest and mixed deciduous/semi-evergreen forest) but jungle cats were photographed more often in deciduous dipterocarp forest. Activity patterns also differed between the two species with jungle cat more diurnal than leopard cat. This represents the first published analysis of jungle cat habitat preferences and activity patterns in South-east Asia and provides further evidence that jungle cat is a deciduous dipterocarp specialist in Indochina. With few areas of extensive undisturbed deciduous dipterocarp forest elsewhere in the species' South-east Asian range, the Eastern Plains jungle cat population is likely to be regionally significant.

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