Yangon Zoological Gardens
Wildlife • Conservation • Education
Open Daily • 8 am to 5 pm
12 years
Their primary diet consists of fish, but they also eat frogs, crustaceans, aquatic animals, bird eggs, and insects.
Wetlands, marshes, mangroves, and riversides; areas near water bodies where fish are abundant.
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Java.
Fishing cats are powerfully built with short limbs and a stocky body. They have a long head and a short tail that is roughly one-third the length of their body. Their fur is coarse and brownish gray in color with distinctive dark markings. The markings are a combination of both spots and stripes. These spots are arranged longitudinally across the body. Six to eight dark lines run from above the eyes between the ears over the crown to the nape of the neck
Fishing cat is classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List