A medium-sized wild cat of the moist forests of equatorial Africa.
It has a compact body, short legs and rounded ears without tufts. Its coat ranges from reddish brown to gray, and the number of spots varies. Spots tend to be more prominent west of the Congo River.
It usually lives alone and eats rodents and small duikers. It favors moist forests but has also been recorded in montane, bamboo and secondary forests.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.