Please click on the audio file player below to hear how I pronounce the word ‘jaguarundi’. The jaguarundi is different species of cat to the much larger jaguar. You would have thought that there might be a connection because … Continue reading →
Are jaguarundis nocturnal? No, they are not exclusively nocturnal. Jaguarundis have been recorded moving around and hunting at all times of the day and night (sources: 1, 2 and 3). However, it appears that this strange looking wild cat prefers … Continue reading →
The jaguarundi mainly feeds on prey weighing less than 1 kilogram such as rodents, birds and reptiles. Sometimes they eat larger animals such as armadillos, opossums and rabbits. As an opportunist hunter they may even take fish when and if … Continue reading →
For how long is a bobcat pregnant? “Gestation lasts about sixty-three days”.Wild Cats of the World by Mel and Fiona Sunquist. Bobcat and her cubs. Photo in public domain (image is unattributed). The average litter sizes range from 2.5 to … 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 →With humans out of the way, Chernobyl’s wildlife thrives like never before. When reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded on April 26, 1986, many people, thousands of trees and most of the animals in the area … Continue reading →
In 2019, is an individual Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) worth €169,000? I would say it quite definitely is, but I am an ardent conservationist. Others have criticized a conservation project managed by the Spanish government and paid for by Spanish … Continue reading →
Today in February 2019, online news media is chattering excitedly about a video from a camera trap of a wild ocelot meandering through the Arizona wilds. He looks very lonely; he should be because they are extremely rare. In fact … Continue reading →
We don’t know when ocelots were discovered because it happened at a time before science and record keeping was developed and the classification of the species had taken place. You’d have to go back perhaps hundreds of thousands of years … 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 →
