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{{Short description|Genus of carnivores}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Catopuma''
| image = Catopuma.png
| image_caption = [[Bay cat]] (''C. badia'') and [[Asian golden cat]] (''C. temminckii'')
| taxon = Catopuma
| authority = [[Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov|Severtzov]], 1858
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
| type_species = ''[[Catopuma temminckii|Felis temminckii]]''<ref name=Catsg2017/>
| type_species_authority = ([[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]] & [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]], 1827)
| synonyms = ''Badiofelis'' {{small|[[Reginald Pocock|Pocock]], 1932}}
}}

'''''Catopuma''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[Felidae]] containing two small cat [[species]] native to Southeast Asia, the [[Asian golden cat]] (''C. temminckii'') and the [[bay cat]] (''C. badia'').<ref name=Catsg2017>{{cite journal |author1=Kitchener, A. C.|author2=Breitenmoser-Würsten, C. |author3=Eizirik, E. |author4=Gentry, A. |author5=Werdelin, L.|author6=Wilting, A.|author7=Yamaguchi, N.|author8=Abramov, A. V. |author9=Christiansen, P. |author10=Driscoll, C. |author11=Duckworth, J. W. |author12=Johnson, W. |author13=Luo, S.-J. |author14=Meijaard, E. |author15=O'Donoghue, P.|author16=Sanderson, J. |author17=Seymour, K.|author18=Bruford, M. |author19=Groves, C. |author20=Hoffmann, M. |author21=Nowell, K. |author22=Timmons, Z.|author23=Tobe, S.|year=2017 |title=A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group |journal=Cat News |issue=Special Issue 11 |pages=36−37 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref>
Both cats have similar pelage, with solid reddish brown coloration on their backs and darker markings on the head. They also exhibit [[colour morphs]] ranging from various browns to gray to black.<ref name=Patel2016>{{Cite journal |last1=Patel |first1=R. P. |last2=Förster |first2=D. W. |last3=Kitchener |first3=A. C. |last4=Rayan |first4=M. D. |last5=Mohamed |first5=S. W. |last6=Werner |first6=L. |last7=Lenz |first7=D. |last8=Pfestorf |first8=H. |last9=Kramer-Schadt |first9=S. |last10=Radchuk |first10=V. |last11=Fickel |first11=J. |last12=Wilting |first12=A. |date=2016 |title=Two species of Southeast Asian cats in the genus ''Catopuma'' with diverging histories: an island endemic forest specialist and a widespread habitat generalist |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=3 |issue=10 |article-number=160350 |doi=10.1098/rsos.160350|doi-access=free |pmid=27853549 |pmc=5098974 |bibcode=2016RSOS....360350P }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Y. |last2=Li |first2=D. |last3=Dunzhu |first3=P. |last4=Liu |first4=W. |last5=Feng |first5=L. |last6=Jin |first6=K. |date=2022 |title=Recognition of coat pattern variation and broken tail phenomenon in the Asiatic Golden Cat (''Catopuma temminckii'') |journal=Animals |volume=12 |issue=11 |page=1420 |doi=10.3390/ani12111420 |doi-access=free|pmid=35681884 |pmc=9179876 }}</ref> The Asian golden cat occurs from [[northeast India]] to [[Sumatra]], and the bay cat lives only on [[Borneo]]. Both inhabit forested areas.<ref name=iucn1>{{cite iucn |author=Petersen, W.J. |author2=Coudrat, C.N.Z. |author3=Dhendup, T. |author4=Ghimirey, Y. |author5=Gray, T.N.E. |author6=Shariff, M. |author7=Montomery, C. |author8=Mukherjee, S. |author9=Rahman, H. |author10=Kun, S. |year=2025 |title=''Catopuma temminckii'' |article-number=e.T4038A245236583 |doi= |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref><ref name=iucn2>{{cite iucn |author=Hearn, A. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Loken, B. |author5=Ross, J. |author6=Wilting, A. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=''Catopuma badia'' |article-number=e.T4037A112910221 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T4037A50650716.en}}</ref>

The closest living relative of ''Catopuma'' is the [[marbled cat]] (''Pardofelis marmorata''), from which the common ancestor of ''Catopuma'' [[Genetic divergence|genetically diverged]] around {{mya|9.4}}.<ref name="johnson+al">{{Cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=W. E. |last2=Eizirik |first2=E. |last3=Pecon-Slattery |first3=J. |last4=Murphy |first4=W. J. |last5=Antunes |first5=A. |last6=Teeling |first6=E. |last7=O'Brien |first7=S. J. |title=The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: A Genetic Assessment |year=2006 |doi=10.1126/science.1122277 |journal=Science |volume=311 |issue=5757 |pages=73–77 |pmid=16400146 |bibcode=2006Sci...311...73J |s2cid=41672825 |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url=http://home.ncifcrf.gov/ccr/lgd/mammal%20pdfs/MS545_Johnson_Science.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527223854/http://home.ncifcrf.gov/ccr/lgd/mammal%20pdfs/MS545_Johnson_Science.pdf}}</ref> The Asian golden cat and bay cat diverged from one another approximately {{mya|3.16}}, before [[Borneo]] separated from the neighboring islands.<ref name=Patel2016/>

==Taxonomy==
The name ''Catopuma'' was proposed by [[Nikolai Severtzov]] in 1858. The [[type species]], ''Felis moormensis,'' had been described earlier by [[Brian Houghton Hodgson]].<ref name=Severtzow1858>{{cite journal |last1=Severtzow |first1=M. N. |year=1858 |title=Notice sur la classification multisériale des Carnivores, spécialement des Félidés, et les études de zoologie générale qui s'y rattachent |journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée |volume=X |pages=385–396 |url=https://archive.org/stream/revueetmagasinde10soci#page/386/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name=Hodgson1831>{{cite journal |last1=Hodgson |first1=B. H. |year=1831 |title=Some Account of a new Species of Felis |journal=Gleanings in Science |volume=III |issue=30 |pages=177–178 |url=https://archive.org/details/gleaningsscienc3/page/176}}</ref>
{{Species table |genus=Catopuma |authority-name= [[Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov|Severtzov]] |authority-year=1858|species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row
|name= Asian golden cat|binomial=[[Catopuma temminckii]]<ref name=VigorsHorsfield>{{cite journal |author1=Vigors, N. A. |author2=Horsfield, T. |year=1827 |title=Descriptions of two species of the genus ''Felis'', in the collections of the Zoological Society |url=https://archive.org/details/zoologicaljourna318271828sowe/page/450 |journal=The Zoological Journal |volume=III |issue=11 |pages=449–451}}</ref>
|image=File:Catopuma temminckii.jpg  |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=[[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]] & [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]] |authority-year= 1827 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and southeast Asia 
|range-image=File:AsianGoldenCat_distribution.jpg
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|iucn-status=VU
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
|''C. t. temminckii'' occurs in [[Sumatra]] and the [[Malay Peninsula]]<ref name=Catsg2017/>
|''C. t. moormensis'' {{small|Hodgson, 1831}}<ref name=Hodgson1831/> occurs from eastern Nepal to China and Cambodia<ref name=Catsg2017/>
}}
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{{Species table/row
|name= Bay cat|binomial=[[Catopuma badia]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=J. E. |year=1874 |title=Description of a new Species of Cat (''Felis badia'') from Sarawak |journal=Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1874 |pages=322–323 |url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen74zool#page/322/mode/2up}}</ref>
|image=File:Bay cat 1 Jim Sanderson-cropped.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=[[John Edward Gray|Gray]]|authority-year= 1874    |authority-not-original=yes
|range= island of Borneo
|range-image=File:BayCat distribution.jpg
|range-image-size=180px
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|iucn-status= EN
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==References==
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{{Carnivora|Fe.}}
{{Feliformia|Fel.|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Felines]]
[[Category:Carnivoran genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Nikolai Severtzov]]


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