Bay Cat photographed in the wild

Thanks for posting this, Hix. The piece contained some intriguing comments from guys whom I guess are Borneans themselves,

The classification of the species as a congener of Marbled Cat was interesting, too. I hadn't realised until doing some background reading minutes ago that Pardofelis now has both Bay and Temminck's Cats assigned to it.
 
An interesting comment by one of the posters commenting on the article.


Bob Balangalibun

Nice picture, isn't this what we call ' Tubang'? Used to be prevalent in the 50's/early 60's and like to disturb the 'ayam kampong' which have to be secured in their coop every evening while those not making it into the coop in time have to shelter on perchs high up trees.The main scourage of 'ayam kampong' then.Haven't seen one iin the last 45 or so years.The other one is the "Ngalae" a wild dog like animal - barks like a dog but very wild.They will attack untended chicken during the day especially in isolated farms.

He says that they were fairly prevalent in the 1950's and 1960's but that he hasn't seen one in then last 45 years. A very sad state of affairs really.
 
Hix said:
Despite the fact this is about Bay Cats being photographed at a new elevation, I can't see where they actually state the elevation.
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this article Rare bay cat recorded in the extensions of Pulong Tau National Park - The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) says that the camera traps were set in Pulong Tau National Park's extended areas of Batu Lawi and Long Repung. Batu Lawi has a summit of 2046m while Long Repung sits at 1227m. (I couldn't find anything more helpful than that).
 
Thanks Chlidonias - I really didn't care that much about the elevation, it was more a comment on the journalism.

:p

Hix
 
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