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Fishing Cats
(Prionailurus viverrinus)
sign Now considered Endangered. Native to riverbanks from India through Southeast Asia, these cats love to fish. At Twilight Tours we put live goldfish in the ponds for them to practice their fishing skills. They have partially webbed paws, and a double layer of fur so when they go in the water they don't get wet down to the skin. They don't have full claw sheaths (similar to the cheetah) so their claws are partially visible even when retracted. Although they have a substantial range in tropical Asia (over 1 million square kilometers), its actual area of occupancy is much smaller as it is strongly associated with wetlands. Water pollution and forest clearance for settlement threaten the species through much of its range. Deforestation rates in tropical Asia's wetlands are quite high, resulting in similar decline among the fishing cat populations.
Fishing Cats at EFBC/FCC
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April		 Female, born 15 April 2008, arrived here May 2010. To be paired with Nemo. More photos:
Arrivals 2010
frisbee
Frisbee		 Female, born 3 1999. Arrived here from Point Defiance Zoo in Washington in January 2000. Handraised there, she became less friendly at 6 months of age. More Photos:
On the log
Wet cat
Feb 2001
Hiss
Frisbee
ffc
Kai		 Female, born 17 March 2008, arrived here April 2010 from Dallas Zoo (born at Minnesota Zoo). To be paired with Nemo. More photos:
Arrivals 2010
kali
Kali		 Daughter of Tamara and Tamil, born here 31 July 2008. Tamara does not take care of her cubs so she was handraised. More photos:
Births 2008
madison
Madison		 Daughter of Shada and Rocky, born here 13 June 1999. Shada sometimes takes care of her cubs, and sometimes doesn't. With this litter she did for 2 days and then took them on top of her den box, instead of leaving them inside the box. One cub fell off the box at least once, so we decided to pull them. One of the 3 cubs died young, and Nicky died at 2 years. Madison does not like many people, and has had surgery on her front feet to correct a bone abnormality. More photos:
Births 1999
mylai
My Lai		 Female, arrived here June 28 2003 from Vietnam. Born 21 June 2000; brother Mihn sent to Cincinatti. Daughter of wild caught parents: important new founder for captive fishing cats. More photos:
Arrivals 2003
nemo
Nemo		 Son of Tamara and Tamil, born here 1 July 2004. Tamara does not take care of her cubs so he was handraised. More photos:
Births 2004
ffc
Tamara		 Female, arrived here July 30 2003 from Singapore. Parents wild-caught in Sri Lanka. Paired with Tamil. Important new founder for captive fishing cats. More photos:
Arrivals 2003
tamil
Tamil		 Male, arrived here July 30 2003 from Singapore. Parents wild-caught in Sri Lanka. Brother of a female sent to Cincinatti Zoo with MyLai's brother. Important new founder for captive fishing cats.More photos:
Arrivals 2003
tori
Tori		 Daughter of MyLai and Bandit, born here 27 February 2005. MyLai, a first time mother, did not keep the 4 cubs warm in the cold wind so we pulled them, but 3 did not make it. More photos:
Births 2005

Video/sounds of our Fishing cats