Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

            As its name implies, the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) predominantly preys on fish. Largely active at night, fishing cats are good swimmers and have been observed diving for fish, as well as scooping them out of the water with their paws. These cats will also prey on small mammals, snakes, snails and birds. 
This is a heavily built, medium-sized cat with an elongated head, rather short legs and a short tail. Head-body length ranges from 60 to 85 cm, tail length from 20 to 33 cm, height at shoulder about 40 cm. Body weight varies from 5 to 15 kg. Females are smaller than males. Males are about twice the size of a domestic cat.
Their olive-gray fur has black or dark brown stripes and rows of spots in horizontal streaks running along the length of the body.
When swimming, the fishing cat may use its short, flattened tail like a rudder, helping control its direction in the water. 
Fishing cats live an average of 12 years, but have been known to live more than 15 years in captivity.
The fishing cat is distributed throughout southern and southeast Asia, found in northeastern India, the foot of the Himalayas in Nepal and India, and a few scattered areas in Bangladesh, Indus Valley Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and in the Indonesian Islands of Sumatra and Java. However, these cats are not found all throughout this broad area because of their habitat preferences. They are strongly tied to densely vegetated areas near water, in marshes, mangroves, rivers, and streams. 
This picture was taken in Zoo Duisburg, Germany.

Zoals de naam al aangeeft, is vis de belangrijkste prooi voor de vissende kat of viskat (Prionailurus viverrinus). De vissende kat is een wilde middelgrote katachtige uit Zuid- en Zuidoost-Azië.
De vissende kat heeft een korte, lichtbruine tot groenig grijze vacht met donkerbruine tot zwarte vlekken, die op de nek en het voorhoofd overgaan in donkere strepen. De flanken en de buik zijn lichter gekleurd. De poten zijn vrij kort. De klauwen hebben kleine, slecht ontwikkelde zwemvliezen. De vissende kat kan zijn tenen spreiden, waardoor hij zich makkelijker kan voortbewegen over drassige grond. De vissende kat is een stevige katachtige met een lang lichaam en een korte staart. Het dier wordt 60 à 85 centimeter lang en 5 à 15 kg zwaar. De staart is ongeveer 40 cm. Mannetjes worden groter dan vrouwtjes: vrouwtjes worden gemiddeld 5 à 8 kg zwaar, mannetjes 11 à 15 kg.
De vissende kat is afhankelijk van water, en komt voornamelijk voor in waterrijke gebieden met dichtbegroeide oevers, als moerassen, meren, rivieren, traagstromende beken en rivierdelta's grenzend aan bossen, rietvelden en mangrovebossen. De vissende kat is een solitaire jager, die 's avonds en 's nachts op jacht gaat. 
Deze kat eet vooral waterdieren als vissen, kikkers, schelpdieren, kreeftachtigen, waterinsecten, watervogels, en op het land, slangen, vogels en kleine zoogdieren. 
Overdag verblijft hij in dicht struikgewas of in een holle boomstam. 
Deze foto is gemaakt in Zoo Duisburg, Duitsland. 
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Taken in: Deutschland / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Duisburg (show map)

Taken on: October 27, 2014

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