The jungle cat is a medium-sized cat native to Asia from
southern China in the east through Southeast and Central Asia to the Nile
Valley in the west. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species as it is widespread and common particularly in India.
Population declines and range contraction are of concern, particularly in
Egypt, in the Caucasus, and in southwestern, Central and Southeast Asia.
Geographic variation in the jungle cat is quite considerable.
Due to the small tuft on the ears it is also called the jungle lynx, though it
is not a member of the Lynx genus.
