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Definition of leopard cat in English: leopard catnoun A small East Asian wild cat that has a yellowish-brown coat with black spots and often lives near water. Felis bengalensis, family Felidae Example sentencesExamples - The Asian leopard cat lineage consisted of the Asian leopard cat, flat-headed cat, fishing cat, and rusty-spotted cat.
- Mill, whose surname was Sugden at the time, bought an Asian leopard cat in 1963 when they could still be acquired at some pet shops.
- Rangers said afterwards they believed the animal was a leopard cat, barking deer, wild pig or a stray cow - all indigenous animals in Hong Kong's rural areas, the South China Morning Post reported.
- Although the leopard cat is distributed widely in south and east Asia, in the Japanese islands the Tsushima leopard cat occurs only on the Tsushima Islands.
- In Sabah the predators include various birds of prey and small felines, such as marbled cats and leopard cats.
- Japan's Iriomote cat was recently demoted from a distinct species to an island subspecies of leopard cat.
Definition of leopard cat in US English: leopard catnoun A small eastern Asian wild cat that has a yellowish-brown coat with black spots and often lives near water. Felis bengalensis, family Felidae Example sentencesExamples - Japan's Iriomote cat was recently demoted from a distinct species to an island subspecies of leopard cat.
- Although the leopard cat is distributed widely in south and east Asia, in the Japanese islands the Tsushima leopard cat occurs only on the Tsushima Islands.
- Mill, whose surname was Sugden at the time, bought an Asian leopard cat in 1963 when they could still be acquired at some pet shops.
- Rangers said afterwards they believed the animal was a leopard cat, barking deer, wild pig or a stray cow - all indigenous animals in Hong Kong's rural areas, the South China Morning Post reported.
- The Asian leopard cat lineage consisted of the Asian leopard cat, flat-headed cat, fishing cat, and rusty-spotted cat.
- In Sabah the predators include various birds of prey and small felines, such as marbled cats and leopard cats.
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