[feb] Fishing Cats

Question 1

Description?

Answer 1

twice the size of a house cat.

nocturnal (active at night)

Question 2

Habitat[Mapping]

Answer 2

mangrove forests of the Sundarbans, on the foothills of the Himalayas along the Ganga and Brahmaputra river valleys and in the Western Ghats.

Question 3

Protection Status?

Answer 3

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Despite multiple threats, the Fishing Cat was recently downlisted to “Vulnerable” from “Endangered” in the IUCN Red List species assessment.

CITES: Appendix II

Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I

Question 4

Conservation Efforts?

Answer 4

West Bengal government officially declared the Fishing Cat as the State Animal

bengal launched conservation project in 2010