[5] Like its mainland relative, the Sunda leopard cat is slender, with long legs and well-defined webs between its toes.

The background color of the spotted fur varies from light grey to ochre tawny, with a white chest and belly.

[3][6] The Sunda leopard cat inhabits the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Tebingtinggi, Palawan, Negros, Cebu and Panay.

[3] Its natural habitat is lowland tropical evergreen forest, but it has also adapted to human-modified landscapes with suitable vegetation cover, and inhabits agricultural areas such as rubber, oil palm, and sugarcane plantations.

[7] In Sabah's Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sunda leopard cats had average home ranges of 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi).

[9] Those recorded in an oil palm plantation in central Kalimantan were active from late afternoon to early morning and preyed foremost on ricefield rats and other rodents.

[13] Nine radio-collared Sunda leopard cats in Sabah used predominantly oil palm plantations and also logged dipterocarp forest adjacent to the Tabin Wildlife Reserve.