African Golden Cat
Profelis aurata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyFelidae (Felids)
- GenusProfelis
- SpeciesProfelis aurata (African Golden Cat)
Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park
Lion
Panthera leo
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Serval
Leptailurus serval
African Wildcat
Felis lybica
Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Spotted-necked Otter
Hydrictis maculicollis
African Civet
Civettictis civetta
African Palm-civet
Nandinia binotata
Slender Mongoose
Galerella sanguinea
Common Dwarf Mongoose
Helogale parvula
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of African Golden Cat at Virunga National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |