The Chinese man, Mr Huang, is seen holding what appears to be a cat with very strong markings and weighing about 15-20 pounds, on my estimate. This is a big pet cat it seems to me. He says he bought the cat at a market in Binyang county in Guangxi province, as a pet. …
There is a reference to a wild cat hybrid in Harrison Weir’s excellent book of 1889, Our Cats and all about them (note: the title is written exactly as per the original). I am told the book is copyright protected so I can’t quote Mr Weir, except briefly; although, I find it hard to …
Another beautiful Bengal cat photograph by Helmi Flick. The cat’s name is Ruba. I don’t know anything about Ruba except from what I see in the photograph and that Helmi is the photographer. Ruba has been photographed on a specially constructed photographic studio table, which provides a fairly narrow walkway which keeps active cats …
by Michael Asian Leopard Cat – looking deeply unhappy in a nasty cage in a Malaysian zoo. Why do we do this? Of the wild cat parents of domestic cats, the Asian Leopard cat (ALC) is not one of the most suitable. I decided this having read a article by a person who cares …
The Chinese call this cat species, “money cat” (錢貓 – chinch’ien mao) because the spots look like coins. The leopard cat is relatively slim in build. Its size and coloring varies substantially. The Asian leopard cat, as it is sometimes called, is about the same size as a domestic cat although over its range …
This leopard cat range (distribution) is set out in the embedded map below, which I made using Google My Maps. The map can be moved around by holding down left click while moving the mouse and also zoomed in and out using the buttons. The blue flags can be clicked for information. My map …
