This is my foolish attempt to try and explain why this Chinese cat, named Marigold, looks like a Red Panda (see picture below from Wikipedia Commons). I am told this is a hoax as this sort of coat is impossible (see Michele S’s comment). It is certainly possible that it is a hoax.. This …
The oncilla in the south of Brazil currently mates with Geoffroy’s cat (L. geoffroyi) creating a hybrid, while the oncilla in the northeast of Brazil in ancient times mated with the pampas cat (L. colocolo)¹. Currently there is a relatively small overlap in the distributions of the oncilla and Geoffroy’s cat. The southern oncillas don’t mix …
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