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Catopuma temminckii |
Asiatic Golden Cats live in tropical dry forests as well as in rainforests. They are able to climb, but they prefer to hunt on the ground. This cat hunts at night for birds and rodents, and sometimes even for young deer.
In some regions of Thailand the Golden Cat is called Seua fai ("fire tiger"). According to a regional legend the burning of a Golden Cat's fur drive tigers away. Eating the flesh shall have the same effect.
There are three subspecies:
- Catopuma temminckii temminckii, Himalaya, Southeast Asian mainland, Sumatra
- Catopuma temminckii dominicanorum, southeast China
- Catopuma temminckii tristis, southwest China\n