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Palaeolithic cave paintings of European Cave Lions.

History of the big cats – a summary

PoC avatarPosted on February 22, 2022 by Michael BroadFebruary 22, 2022

Here is a potted history of the big cats by a student of the wild cats – me. It is not meant to be overly heavy 😉. The big cats are grouped together because they can all roar. The puma …

Posted in big cat history | Tagged big cats, cat evolution, cat history, History of the Big Cats, jaguar, leopard, lion, tiger, wild cat history | 6 Replies
Domestic cat is one cat species

Do domestic cats come from big cats?

PoC avatarPosted on August 9, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 9, 2021

Do domestic cats come from big cats? The answer has to be no. The reason is because the big cats split off and formed their own path millions of years ago. This is a discussion about the taxonomy of the …

Posted in taxonomy | Tagged cat evolution, cat history, cat taxonomy, DNA, evolution, science, wild cat history | Leave a reply
Female cheetah and cubs

Do cheetahs live in India?

PoC avatarPosted on February 23, 2021 by Michael BroadFebruary 23, 2021

No, cheetahs don’t live in India but they used to four hundred years ago when they were common in western and central India south of the Ganges, where its range mirrored that of its major prey animal at that time, …

Posted in Cheetah | Tagged cheetah, cheetah distribution, wild cat history
4th century Roman mosaic of leopard attacking an antelope from Dorset, UK

4th-century mosaic of leopard attacking an antelope to stay in Britain

PoC avatarPosted on October 22, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 25, 2020

It is hoped that a Roman mosaic from the 4th-century of a leopard attacking an antelope, which was discovered in the grounds of Dewlish House in Dorset in 1974, will stay in the country. It is the sort of historical …

Posted in leopard | Tagged cat history, Cats in Art, common leopard, history, leopard, leopard attack, wild cat history | Leave a reply

Madagascar’s ‘forest cats’ are wild tabby cats

PoC avatarPosted on March 11, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 11, 2020

There is an cat interesting story from sciencemag.org. It concerns Madagascar’s mysterious, small wild cat, which looks very much like a large, domestic tabby cat. This is unsurprising because the experts believe that around 1000 years ago (900 C.E.) or …

Posted in Feral Cats | Tagged cat history, Cat News, feral cats, Madagascar, tabby cats, wild cat history | Leave a reply
When was the cheetah first discovered

When was the cheetah first discovered?

PoC avatarPosted on February 6, 2017 by Michael BroadFebruary 6, 2017

No one knows when cheetahs were first discovered because there is no record of that unique moment in the history of this much admired wild cat species. This is because it happened so long ago. Cheetahs have been on the …

Posted in Cheetah | Tagged cat history, cheetah, cheetah history, wild cat history, wild cat species | Leave a reply
Stories of tiger hunting

Stories of Tiger Hunting

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadFebruary 27, 2020

Here are some stories of tiger hunting from the past; from a time when it was considered “normal” to hunt tigers for the fun of it. They are extracts from books in the public domain and courtesy of Google – …

Posted in sport hunting | Tagged bengal tiger, cat history, india, sport hunters, sport hunting, trophy hunting, wild cat history, wild cat species | 3 Replies
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