Fishing Cat
Fishing Cat

Fishing Cat

Prionailurus viverrinus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Yala National Park
2 Verified records at Yala National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. It has a deep yellowish-grey fur with black lines and spots. Adults have a head-to-body length of 57 to 78 cm (22 to 31 in), with a 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in) long tail. Males are larger than females, weighing 8 to 17 kg (18 to 37 lb), while females average 5 to 9 kg (11 to 20 lb). It lives mostly in the vicinity of wetlands, along rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, in swamps and mangroves where it preys mostly on fish. Other prey items include birds, insects, small rodents, molluscs, reptiles including snakes, amphibians and carrion of cattle. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Yala National Park

Rusty-spotted Cat
NT Endemic

Rusty-spotted Cat

Mammal

Prionailurus rubiginosus

Insufficient data
Leopard
VU Endemic

Leopard

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Panthera pardus

70–80% · Very likely
Jungle Cat
LC

Jungle Cat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Felis chaus

Insufficient data
Ruddy Mongoose

Ruddy Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes smithii

70–80% · Very likely
Asian Jackal
LC

Asian Jackal

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Canis aureus

40–50% · Likely
Sloth Bear
VU Endemic

Sloth Bear

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Melursus ursinus

30–40% · Possible
Stripe-necked Mongoose

Stripe-necked Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes vitticollis

30–40% · Possible
Indian Gray Mongoose

Indian Gray Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes edwardsi

20–30% · With luck
Small Indian Civet
LC Endemic

Small Indian Civet

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Viverricula indica

Insufficient data
Common Palm Civet
LC

Common Palm Civet

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

Insufficient data
Indian Brown Mongoose

Indian Brown Mongoose

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Herpestes fuscus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Fishing Cat at Yala National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
2 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
4 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
5 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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