Editing Marbled cat (section)

==Characteristics==
The marbled cat is similar in size to a [[domestic cat]], but has rounded ears and a very long tail that is as long as the cat's head and body. The ground colour of its long fur varies from brownish-grey to ochreous brown above and greyish to buff below. It is patterned with black stripes on the short and round head, on the neck and back. On the tail, limbs and underbelly it has solid spots. On the flanks it has irregular dark-edged blotches that fuse to dark areas and look like a 'marbled' pattern. Its paws are webbed between the digits and are completely sheathed.<ref name=pocock1939>{{cite book |author=Pocock, R. I. |year=1939 |chapter= Genus ''Pardofelis'' Severtzow |title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia – Volume 1 |location=London |publisher=Taylor and Francis |pages=253−258 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/PocockMammalia1/pocock1#page/n323/mode/2up}}</ref>
Its coat is thick and soft. Spots on the forehead and crown merge into narrow longitudinal stripes on the neck, and irregular stripes on the back. The legs and underparts are patterned with black dots, and the tail is marked with black spots proximally and rings distally. It has large feet and unusually large [[canine tooth|canine teeth]], resembling those of the big cats, although these appear to be the result of [[parallel evolution]]. Marbled cats range from {{convert|45|to|62|cm|in|abbr=on}} in head-body length with a {{convert|35|to|55|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and thickly furred tail that indicates the cat's adaptation to an [[arboreal]] lifestyle, where the tail is used as a counterbalance. Recorded weights vary between {{convert|2|and|5|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name=WCoW>{{cite book |author=Sunquist, M. |author2=Sunquist, F. |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |chapter=Marbled cat ''Pardofelis marmorata'' (Martin 1837) |title=Wild Cats of the World |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |pages=373–376 |isbn=978-0-226-77999-7 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/wildcatsofworld00sunq/page/373}}</ref>