Leopard Cat
Posted on September 6, 2008
One of the most beautiful of all cats, the Leopard Cat has a wide geographical distribution. Learn more about this wild cat and its attributes.
Leopard Cat is one of the most beautiful felines in nature. It has a
wide geographical distribution with marked differences in appearance in
various parts of its range, leading many to classify it into a variety
of subspecies. Size also varies in accordance with the habitat. In the
southern part of its range, the Leopard Cat is nearly two feet long
(including tail) whereas the northern Leopard Cat of Amur region is
longer (over three feet) and heavier (ten to fifteen pounds).
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Asian Wild Cat
Posted on September 6, 2008
The most threatened among wild cat species, the Asiatic Wild Cat is also the smallest in size. It resides largely in arid areas in some Asian countries.
The Asian Wild Cat is the most endangered among wild cat species.
Related more closely to the African than its European counterpart, the
wild cat’s coloration varies across its distribution from light yellow
to reddish and gray. Size is similar to the African cat, with length
ranging from forty five to seventy centimeters and weight between six
to sixteen pounds. Spots, joining to form stripes, are distinctly
noticeable. Upper chest and chin are often white and tail is ringed,
with a black tip.
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How To Effectively Remove Dog Urine Odor
Posted on September 5, 2008
Dog urine odor problems? You’ll be pleased to know you don’t have to put up with obnoxious dog urine odors around your house. There are several steps you can take to quickly, easily and effectively remove dog urine odor from your carpets, floors and yard. Here’s how.
Dog urine odor can be a huge problem for some pet owners. The highly objectionable odor can overtake even the toughest noses. The reason the odor becomes so strong is clear. Dogs tend to urinate in the same spot repeatedly. Cleaning up the urine often isn’t enough to deter the dog from returning.
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Indochinese Tiger
Posted on September 4, 2008
Indochinese Tiger is a wild cat of Indochina. It is a rare and beautiful big cat.
Panthera Tigris Corbetti, the Indochinese Tiger is slightly darker
in color than the average Bengal Tiger, having an ocher coloration with
narrow stripes that often break up into a row of spots, and are less
prominent on front legs. Underparts and inside of legs, chin and cheeks
are white. Whiskers, treasured by Chinese pharmacies, are more
prominent in males.
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The American Bobtail Cat
Posted on September 2, 2008
American Bobtail is a feline breed. It is said to resemble the wild Bobcat in its looks.
A domestic cat breed, American Bobtail is rumored to have evolved as
a result of the crossing between a Bobcat and a domestic tabby cat.
This is however, unlikely to be true since offsprings of interspecies
breeding are usually sterile, particularly in case of males. So even
though there was a large male tabby cat found in Arizona in nineteen
sixties who subsequently crossed with a Siamese female and produced the
first recorded American Bobtail kittens, chances are that he was just a
feral cat of domestic origin. This is probable owing to the fact that
the gene leading to the shorter tail is a mutant one and can occur
occasionally in domestic cats. It would take another two decades from
the sixties before serious breeding was to start. No outcrossing was
undertaken and the breed was created through short tailed domestic
cats. Formal recognition came only a few years ago, in the twenty first
century.
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Flat Headed Cat
Posted on August 31, 2008
The most aquatic of all cats - the Flat Headed Cat. Learn more about this rare and secretive wild cat.
One of the most aquatic of all cats, the Flat Headed Cat shares many
attributes with the fishing cat, and yet is one of the most unique of
all felids. A small wild cat, the Flat Headed Cat is nearly two feet in
length and weighs around six pounds. The distinguishing feature is the
flattened head owing to the unusual skull morphology in this member of
the cat family.
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Interesting Facts About Tigers
Posted on August 30, 2008
Beautiful and elusive, tigers are majestic cats. Largest of the big cats, they are threatened with extinction in the wild today.
Here are some interesting facts about tigers:
1. Tigers are the largest naturally occurring specie of cats.
2. Of tiger subspecies, the Siberian Tiger is the biggest cat that can weigh well up to eight hundred pounds.
3. Tigers are very beautiful and their striped coat makes for ideal camouflage.
4.
A tiger’s stripes are like fingerprints - no two are alike. In fact the
stripes’ pattern is often used to identify individual tigers in the
wild.
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The Colorpoint Shorthair Cat
Posted on August 28, 2008
Colorpoint Shorthair is a cat breed. It is quite similar to the Siamese cat.
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Malayan Tiger
Posted on August 27, 2008
Malayan Tiger is a wild cat of Malaysia. It is one of the smallest subspecies of Tigers.
Named Panthera Tigris Jacksoni after Peter Jackson, the former head
of cat specialist group of IUCN who spent forty years in tiger
conservation efforts, Malayan Tiger is now alternatively called
Panthera Tigris Malayensis by some after Malaysian protests that the
name should reflect the area of the big cat’s origin.
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Persian Leopard
Posted on August 26, 2008
Persian Leopard is a beautiful wild cat of Asia. It is a rare and threatened animal that needs our protection.
Persian leopard is the biggest subspecies of leopard. It is also one
of the rarest. Also known as Iranian Leopard, it is found in scattered
numbers in a number of countries extending from South Asia to Middle
East, including some Central Asian states. A particularly strong
animal, the Persian Leopard, Panthera Pardus Saxicolor, grows up to a
height of near three feet and weighs as much as one hundred and fifty
pounds, in case of healthy adult males.
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