This cat should be called the Chinese steppe cat (an area of flat, unforested grassland). Perhaps the name Chinese desert cat is misleading because it inhabits barren steppe country and mountain brush terrain. It lives in the same general area … Continue reading →
Whether or not the puma (mountain lion) is a member of the big cat group is a matter for debate and scientists have argued over the subject for years. There’s no question that the puma is a large cat and … Continue reading →
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 →
Malaysia is in the Far East and the Far East is good for wild cat species but it is getting worse because of human population growth which leads to all sorts barriers to the survival of the wild cats such … Continue reading →
OPINION ON NEWS FROM THE SCOTSMAN: We know that one downside of the necessary expansion of wind farms is that they kill birds. We are also painfully aware that domestic and feral cats kill birds. Now we have a wind … Continue reading →
I am pleased to say that my excellent reference book, Wild Cats Of The World, provides useful information on this topic. The age of bobcats has been reliable estimated by counting ‘annuli’ in the teeth of harvested bobcats (bobcats killed … Continue reading →
In captivity, caracals have lived to be sixteen years old. The reference for this information is (a) R.H.N. Smithers in The mammals of the Southern African subregion published by the University of Pretoria in 1983 and (b) C.T. Stuart and … Continue reading →
The leopard cat is a small wild cat species found in Asia. This picture is interesting for the fact that the species is the wild half of the most popular wild cat hybrid, the Bengal cat. Here we see how … Continue reading →
Yes, caracals purr. The caracal possesses the usual range of feline sounds including meowing (more like a bird chirping when made by a caracal kitten), gurgling, hissing, growling, spitting, purring and a wah-wah-call. They also produce a harsh hissing bark … Continue reading →
In order to figure out how to help sand cats you have to know what the threats are to the survival in the wild of this small wild cat. These are listed on the IUCN Red List website but sadly … Continue reading →
