What is the jungle cat doing in Gurugram’s farmlands? The elusive small cat that lives in grasslands, shrubland, wetlands, and dense vegetation areas has adapted to surviving in agricultural areas near Gurugram and other parts of India. But in a rapidly changing environment, it faces several threats.
The jungle cat (Felis chaus) is one of the ten small cat species found in India. It is the most common wild cat which is widely distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent but little is known about the ecology of this cat, especially in the human-dominated agricultural landscapes.
While large funding, research, and conservation focus are diverted to large wild cat species, India's small cats need attention too.
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