Some gathered Information about Rusty-spotted cats.
1. This female cat is nearly fully grown in the frame.
2. Its eyes are 6 times more powerful than humans.
3. These cats feed on birds, rodents, lizards, frogs, snakes, and insects.
4. The Rusty-spotted cat belongs to the big cat family (the wild cat family).
5. This is the world’s smallest big cat.
6. This is native to India and Sri Lankan forests.
7. It can grow to 35-48cm (14-18) cm in the body, Length and weight are around 0.9 to 1.6 kg.
8. These are nocturnal species (night-active).
9. It spends its day in a hollow log and trees.
10. It is a good climber so it helps to escape from predators.
11. Research says it give birth in Spring in India, the gestation period of around 65 to 67 days.
12. It gives birth to 1-2 kittens.
13. Most sighting records of The Rusty-spotted cat are from South India.
14. The kittens are born blind.
15. Inhabits dry deciduous forest Scrub Grassland and Rocky areas.
16. There is a record of being killed by local people when it damages their domestic poultry and also it is mistaken for baby leopards and killed.
17. It is endangered species.
Vipin Roy’s profile.
Wildlife and habitat conservationist. co-founder and education officer of the organization WEROAR.org working for a decade on reducing human-animal conflict and its repercussions. To create awareness about snake bites among the rural folks, he has traveled to all of the districts of Karnataka and conducted awareness campaigns called “ HAVUU MATTU NAAVU” in collaboration with Sanjeev Pednekar and his organization. Vipin roy has been actively involved in wild animal rescues, rehabilitation, and awareness in and around tumkur which count more than 8000 all included. Assisted research work on yellow-throated bulbul and discovery of two new species of snakes in Tumkur namely lycodon deccanensis and properties jerdonie. Vipin Roy has been and will be working with the forest department in conservation activities of Tumkur wildlife.