Tibetan Golden Cat

Simply fantastic, both the animal and the picture!

*Radioing @Arizona Docent* "Yeah we got one, you're gonna want to see this."

Was always fond of this individual back when he was at Edinburgh Zoo

Yes very nice photo. Apparently (as stated above) it came from Edinburgh Zoo in which case I saw it there. They had three different golden cat exhibits when I was there, which was fantastic. Now apparently there are none.

Very nice photo. Are Tibetan Golden Cats common in Europe?

@TZDugong

Asian golden cats are rather common in medium-sized to small zoos in Europe.

@amur leopard

No, they're not much as I wish they were!

@TZDugong

In accurate answer to the question, the only Tibetan Golden Cats in Europe are this male, a female sibling at Heidelberg and at least one other sibling at Parc des Felins. The nominate race of Asian Golden Cat is marginally more common, and is in 5 collections, including Heidelberg and PDF.

@TeaLovingDave

8 collections in Europe hold them - maybe not common but certainly present.

@amur leopard

Given the fact this is one of the species I have a particular interest in, you really cannot make stuff up and expect not to be called out on it I repeat; a total of six collections hold the species with only three or four individuals of the Tibetan race, so neither the species as a whole nor the subspecies @TZDugong asked about are "rather common" in Europe.

To be precise:

Thrigby - 1,0 Tibetan
PDF - 0,0,1? Tibetan and 0,1 nominate
Heidelberg - 0,1 Tibetan and 1,0 nominate
Belfast - 1,0 nominate
Wuppertal - X, X nominate
Munster - 1,1 nominate

@TeaLovingDave What does the X after Wuppertal signify? Does it mean off exhibit or something else?