Catopuma is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 including two small Asian felines

Felinae

Felinae is a subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera and species listed below. Most are small to medium-sized cats, although the group does include some larger animals, such as the Cougar and Cheetah....

, the Bay Cat

Bay Cat

The Bay Cat , also known as Bornean Cat, Bornean Bay Cat, Bornean Marbled Cat, is a wild cat endemic to the island of Borneo that appears relatively rare compared to sympatric felids, based on the paucity of historical as well as recent records...

 (C. badia) and the Asian Golden Cat (C. temminckii).

Both are typically reddish brown in colour, with darker markings on the head. They inhabit forested environments in South East Asia, with the Bay Cat being restricted to the island of Borneo

Borneo

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

. Originally thought to be two subspecies of the same animal, recent genetic analysis has confirmed that they are, indeed, separate species.

The two species diverged from one another 4.9-5.3 million years ago, long before Borneo separated from the neighbouring islands. Their closest living relative is the Marbled Cat

Marbled Cat

The Marbled Cat is a small wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. Since 2002 it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN as it occurs at low densities, and its total effective population size is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with no single population numbering more than...

, from which the common ancestor of the Catopuma genus diverged around 9.4 million years ago.