Catopuma

{{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 = Severtzov, 1858

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

| type_species = Felis temminckii

| type_species_authority = (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

| synonyms = Badiofelis {{small|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).{{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}}

Both 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.{{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 |pages=160350 |doi=10.1098/rsos.160350|doi-access=free |pmid=27853549 |pmc=5098974 |bibcode=2016RSOS....360350P }}{{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 |pages=1420 |doi=10.3390/ani12111420 |doi-access=free|pmid=35681884 |pmc=9179876 }} The Asian golden cat occurs from northeast India to Sumatra, and the bay cat lives only on Borneo. Both inhabit forested areas.{{cite iucn |last1=McCarthy |first1=J. |last2=Dahal |first2=S. |last3=Dhendup |first3=T. |last4=Gray |first4=T. N. E. |last5=Mukherjee |first5=S. |last6=Rahman |first6=H. |last7=Boontua |first7=N. |last8=Wilcox |first8=D. |title=Catopuma temminckii |page=e.T4038A97165437 |date=2015}}{{cite iucn |author1=Hearn, A. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Loken, B. |author5=Ross, J. |author6=Wilting, A. |title=Catopuma badia |date=2017 |page=e.T4037A112910221}}

The closest living relative of Catopuma is the marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata), from which the common ancestor of Catopuma genetically diverged around {{mya|9.4}}.{{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 |url-status=dead |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}} The Asian golden cat and bay cat diverged from one another approximately {{mya|3.16}}, before Borneo separated from the neighboring islands.