Leopard cat is widely distributed and rich in resources in China, and it is one of the traditional fur exports in China. In the 1960s and 1970s, China purchased about 200,000-250,000 pieces of leopard cat fur every year, and it is estimated that there are no less than 6,543,800 pieces of leopard cat resources in China. Since 1970s, the number of leopard cats has declined in most provinces, and some provinces (such as East China) have almost become endangered species.
habitat
Leopard cats mainly inhabit mountain areas, rural bushes and forest-edge villages. The distribution altitude can be distributed from the coastal zone with low altitude to the mountainous forest area with an altitude of 3000 meters. It is the largest in the semi-open and sparse shrub-shrub area, with few dense virgin forests, artificially cultivated plantations (such as rubber forests and tea forests) and open plain farmland, and few arid deserts and sand dunes.
They mainly feed on mice, squirrels, flying squirrels, rabbits, frogs, lizards, snakes, birds and insects, and sometimes sneak into villages to steal chickens, ducks and other poultry.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Leopard Cat