Their favorite food is pika. This small wild cat is also referred to as the manul (proper name) and the Pallas cat (incorrect). They feed largely on pikas (mouse hares), gerbils, voles, mouselike rodents and chukar partridge. They sometimes eat … Continue reading →
The Pallas’s cat does not make a good pet. ‘Pallas cat’ is strictly speaking not the name of this wild cat species. It’s more scientific name is ‘manul’ and it is sometimes referred to as ‘Pallas’s cat’ after the German … Continue reading →
Pallas’s cat is sometimes referred to as ‘Pallas cat’. The former name is the accurate one together with Manul. The status of this small wild cat species in captivity was and probably remains precarious. They are considered to be a … Continue reading →
Conclusion Are Pallas cats dangerous? If you handle one which is unsocialised without protection they are potentially dangerous because they can cause harm. If you live with one which has been socialised from a kitten (or the cat has been … Continue reading →
It is not often that you can describe a wild cat, albeit a small one, as “quite friendly” as Mel and Fiona Sunquist did in their excellent book1. And yet a well-known British biologist, R.I. Pocock described captive Pallas’s cats … Continue reading →
This is a no brainer. In first place is the Manul or Pallas’s cat and second is the snow leopard. The lynx has dense medium-long fur too. I think we can say that Pallas’s cat is a long-haired cat while … Continue reading →
The DNA of all domestic cats has no trace of any wild cat species other than the African wildcat (also Near Eastern wildcat and Arabian wildcat – felis silvestris lybica). However, 10,000 years ago, there were a number of other … Continue reading →
Picture copyright protected. This is a interesting Pallas cat picture. “Pallas cat” is strictly speaking incorrect. It should be “Pallas’s cat” after the gentleman who in 1776 first described the cat, Peter Simon Pallas. Pallas was a German biologist who … Continue reading →
Pallas cat or more accurately, Pallas’s cat. Photo by muzina_shanghai The internet stops me from using this cat’s true name in the headline: Pallas’s Cat as apostrophes don’t work in file names and the file name should be the same … Continue reading →
The manul is also referred to as Pallas’s cat and popularly as Pallas cat after the scientist who named the species. This wild cat is the about the size of a domestic cat. Although looking at the photographs you would … Continue reading →
