Species
Critically Endangeredvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- leopard cat
- Named after
- Iriomote Island
- Image
- Iriomote cat 1 (cropped).jpg
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- P105
- subspecies
- P183
- Japan
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The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) is a subspecies of the leopard cat that lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote.
It has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as the only population comprises fewer than 250 adult individuals, and is considered declining. The Japanese Ministry of the Environment estimated in 2007 that 100–109 individuals remained and classified the subspecies as "facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the near future".