{"id":30559,"date":"2025-03-04T11:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30559"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:56:15","slug":"marbled-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/marbled-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Marbled Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Marbled Cat Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The elusive marbled cats have been recently spotted through camera traps at Dehing Patkai National Park in Assam&#8217;s Tinsukia district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Marbled Cat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Indian marbled cat<\/strong> (Pardofelis marmorata), also known as the marbled cat, is a <strong>small wild cat <\/strong>species that is <strong>native to South and Southeast Asia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is believed to be closely <strong>related to the clouded leopard <\/strong>(Neofelis nebulosa) and the <strong>bay cat<\/strong> (Catopuma badia).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marbled Cat Distribution<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This species is found in several countries in the region, including<strong> India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In India<\/strong>, the Indian marbled cat is primarily found in the forests of <strong>Northeastern states,<\/strong> including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Nagaland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marbled Cat Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>small wild cat species<\/strong> that has a distinctive <strong>marbled pattern on its fur.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>fur is brown or gray<\/strong> with <strong>black spots and stripes,<\/strong> which helps the cat blend into its forest environment.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Males are typically larger than females, with males weighing between 4.5 and 9 kg, while females weigh between 2.5 and 5 kg. Indian marbled cats are known to be <strong>excellent climbers<\/strong> and are capable of leaping great distances between trees.<\/li>\n<li>The species is <strong>territorial <\/strong>and marks its territory with urine and scent marking.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>solitary animals<\/strong> that spend most of their time alone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status<\/strong>: classified as \u2018<strong> Near Threatened\u2019 under the IUCN Red List.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marbled Cat FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is the marbled cat found in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. They are primarily spotted in Northeastern states like Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the IUCN status of marbled cat ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Near Threatened<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the scientific name of Indian marbled cat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Pardofelis marmorata<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/elusive-marbled-cats-spotted-at-dehing-patkai-natl-park\/articleshow\/118634856.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marbled Cat is a small wild cat species that is native to South and Southeast Asia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}