Fishing Cat

Plate XI: "Coming under the denomination of a "spotted" Cat, this species may be distinguished from the larger Indian forms?y its inferior dimensions, and the sharp ridge formed by the nasal bones of the skull. Distribution.- India, Ceylon, Lower Burma, Tenasserim, Formosa, and Southern China. Habits.- A dweller in the thickets and jungles, on the border of marches, rivers and tidal creeks, this Cat differs remarkably from the great majority of its kindred by its habit of preying upon fish; although the manner in which it catches them appears to be quite unknown."