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Fishing Cats (Prionailurus viverrinus)
	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


April	Female, born 15 April 2008, arrived here May 2010. To be paired with Nemo.	More photos: Arrivals 2010
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
Kai	Female, born 17 March 2008, arrived here April 2010 from Dallas Zoo (born at Minnesota Zoo). Paired with Nemo, gave birth to 3 cubs July 2011.	More photos: Arrivals 2010
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	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.	More photos: Births 1999
Nemo	Son of Tamara and Tamil, born here 1 July 2004. Tamara does not take care of her cubs so he was handraised. Father of Kai's cubs, to be paired with April as well.	More photos: Births 2004
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, mother to Bullet (now at San Diego Zoo), Nemo, and Kali.	More photos: Arrivals 2003
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