Mother rusty-spotted cats are not known to translocate their young or bring food to them, but males have been observed in zoos protecting the kittens and bringing them meat.
Mother rusty-spotted cats are not known to translocate their young or to carry food to them, but will, at least initially, remove their feces from the den.
In zoos, rusty-spotted cat males have been allowed to stay with females after mating and after the birth of kittens. The West Berlin Zoo recorded a male protecting young from zoo keepers and bringing meat to the kittens. These behaviors suggest their mating system may be monogamous.
• Image | © Alma Leaper, Lead Photographer – The Big Cat Sanctuary, All Rights Reserved
• Sources | (Dmoch, 1997; Miles, 2013; Sunquist and Sunquist, 2002)
