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Bunch of Pallas's cat kittens

Picture of 8 Pallas’s cat kittens

The photo was taken at Novosibirsk Zoo, Russia. It is located in central-south Russia. They are also a research institute. The Pallas’s cat kittens look pissed off. They always do. It is their facial...

Manul in captivity

Are Pallas cats nice?

Pallas’s cats are nice to look at but they are not nice to live with because they are not acclimated to living with people or to put in a better way they are not...

Pika

What do Pallas’s cats eat?

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...

Manul in captivity

Can Pallas cats be pets?

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...

Snow leopard Central Karakoram NP Pakistan

Cats that live in the snow

I am referring to wild cat species and secondly there is no cat species which only lives in the snow all the time. I guess that is common sense but the wild cat species...

What wild cat has the longest fur?

What wild cat has the longest fur?

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...

Pallas cat picture

Pallas Cat Vocalisations

Pallas cat vocalisations (it should really be ‘Pallas’s Cat or ‘Manul’) remind us that this is not a cudly, domestic cat that has lost it’s wild cat heritage but very firmly a wild cat....

Pallas’s Cat (Manul) Picture Gallery

Pallas’s Cat (Manul) Picture Gallery

Google does not understand the name of this wild cat species, “Manul”. In the recent past if you searched for it, Google found pages about “manuals”. Manuals on cars or any bit of machinery...

Pallas Cat

Pallas Cat

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...

Manul Description

Manul Description

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...


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