Leopard cats
The most common wild cat of southern Asia, leopard cats are small spotted cats about the size of a domestic cat, but rather long in the legs. Leopard cats inhabit forests and jungles in both low country and in hilly, even mountainous areas up to 3,000 meters, as well as scrub, semi desert, secondary vegetation and agricultural areas. In northeastern Asia they are often found in pine forests, favoring the more open stretches with plenty of fallen trunks. They have been found in 21 Asian countries, from Sumatra to Manchuria, with the smallest subspecies living in the jungles of the Philippines. The largest subspecies are found in the northern regions. They are also known as bengal cats or amur cats. Active at night, dawn and dusk, they hunt both on the ground and in the trees. Like most wild cats, they swim very well. Showing little aversion to human presence, leopard cats can frequently be found close to villages, and have been kept as rodent control agents by villagers, much like Geoffrey’s cat Oncifelis geoffroyi of South America. Most of their hunting is done at night, but they can be found in twilight, preying on rodents and other small mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects.


Extracted from : http://www.wildcatconservation.org/Leopard_Cat_(Prionailurus_bengalensis).html