A large, muscular cat (family Felidae), standing 60–70 cm tall at the shoulder, with short legs, a broad head, and a pale yellow, brown, or golden coat covered with rosettes of spots. It occurs throughout most of Africa and Asia, especially in rainforest and savannah grassland, although loss of habitat has greatly reduced its range. It is solitary, mainly nocturnal, and territorial, hunting antelope, deer, and other medium-sized mammals.