This leopard cat was camera trapped in Odisha`s Mayurbhanj district and is relatively common with a stable population across many areas.

Photos of unique animals often go viral on social media. These days a photo of one such animal is becoming increasingly viral on social media, which you would have never seen before.

IFS officer Susanta Nanda, who is quite popular on the micro-blogging site Twitter for sharing unique pictures and videos of Indian Wildlife. Similarly, Nanda shared a picture of a leopard cat, a Schedule I animal under the Wildlife Protection Act in India.

He shared a tweet with the picture of this unique cat with this caption `Identify this from the wilds of Odisha`

Identify this from the wilds of Odisha pic.twitter.com/kxXmOvLe6r

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) May 6, 2021

Later he put another tweet giving details of the viral picture, this particular leopard cat was camera trapped in Odisha Mayurbhanj district and is relatively common with a stable population across many areas.

This is a leopard cat. Some got it correct. Schedule I animal under Wildlife Protection Act in India.

Camera trapped from Mayurbhanj district.
Relatively common & widespread with stable populations in many areas. https://t.co/392UhH3EQh

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) May 7, 2021

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