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| Duckworth, J.W.; Shepherd, C.R.; Semiadi, G.; Schauenberg, P.; Sanderson, J.; Roberton, S.I.; O'Brien, T.G.; Maddox, T.; Linkie, M.; Holden, J.; Brickle, N.W. | |
| Does the fishing cat inhabit Sumatra? | |
| 2009 Cat News (51): 4-9 | |
Debate in the 1930s about whether fishing cat _Prionailurus viverrinus_ inhabited Sumatra effectively ceased in 1940 when one key reference stated that it did. No cogent reasons were given, but most subsequent secondary sources set the island within the species's range. Several cautious authors stressing the lack of verifiable Sumatran records went largely unheeded. Modern claims from Sumatra are misidentifications or, at best, cannot be objectively confirmed: the single certain identification is of a zoo animal of unknown provenance. Survey has been inadequate to assert that fishing cat does not inhabit Sumatra, so for now the question remains open. Fishing cat is classified on the 2008 Red List as Endangered: surveys are urgent on Sumatra and on Java, the only documented Sundaic population. |
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