“The endangered flat-headed cat—one of the world’s rarest wild felines — has been rediscovered in southern Thailand for the first time in 29 years, Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) and Panthera Thailand, the global wild cat conservation organization, announced in time for Thailand Wildlife Protection Day.  

The existence of the flat-headed cat was confirmed through remote camera trap images, marking the first detection in Thailand since 1995. Thirteen detections were made in 2024 and sixteen detections were made in southern Thailand’s Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary in 2025 as part of the largest-ever survey of the species.”

From Panthera.