The sand cat copes with a wide variation in temperatures in its chosen habitat, the desert. For example, in the Karakum Desert (in Central Asia) temperatures can be higher than 40°C and the upper layer of the sand can rise … Continue reading →
The experts say that this is a new species of small wild cat living in the Asco Valley, Corsica but the animal behaves like a domestic cat (if not tranquillised) and looks like a hybridised European wildcat.
Continue reading →African Golden Cat Photo: © Gary P. Aronsen Overview The African golden cat is a small/medium sized wild cat of a variety of colors that lives in the band of forests of equatorial Africa that extend from the west coast … Continue reading →
Why was the cat domesticated? The advent of farming was the reason why the wild cat came to be domesticated. As Dr Morris says ‘there would have been no taming of the cat before the Agricultural Revolution’. This happened during … Continue reading →
On the Internet, people ask whether bobcats hibernate or migrate. The answer is that bobcats neither hibernate nor migrate. No wild cat species hibernates or migrates. They are simply not one of those species which do these sorts of things. … Continue reading →
Key Facts Body Length(mm) -720-940 Weight (kg) – 11-14 (male) average Litter Size – 1-2 average Life Span – No data Status – Least Concern Subspecies P.a.celidogaster – Central Africa P.a.aurata – West Africa The African Golden Cat is a … Continue reading →
This concerns the bobcat that found its way into the garage of a Brookfield, Massachusetts resident on Sunday 6th January 2013. It is not unusual for bobcats to wander around suburbia or into people’s yards etc. This is because people … Continue reading →
The range (distribution) of this very small wild cat is mapped out below. This is an emebedded map. The original is a Google “My Maps”, which I have left open to the public. It is also open to collaboration by … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Overview The “leopard cat” as it is more commonly called is one of the most commonly found wild cat species. It is an Asian wild cat that lives across a wide range of Southeast Asia. It lives habitat from scrublands … Continue reading →
