The New International Encyclopædia/Fishing Cat

FISHING CAT. A species of wild cat (Felis viverrina), common in eastern India and through Burma and the Malayan Peninsula. It is 30 to 32 inches in length of body, to which must be added 9 to 12 inches of tapering tail. The general color is dark gray, sometimes reddish, striped on the head and neck and spotted elsewhere with dark brown; the throat and breast are white, and the tail barred with chestnut. The peculiarity of this cat is that it subsists mainly upon fish and mollusks of its own catching; but it is said also to he exceedingly fierce, and to carry off children. Consult Mivart, The Cat (New York, 1892).