The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a médium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. Since 2016, it is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Fishing cat populations are threatened by destruction of wetlands and declined severely over the last decade. Fishing cats live foremost in the vicinity of wetlands, along rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, in swamps and mangroves.
The fishing cat is the state animal of West Bengal.
