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Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: December 11, 2014, 11:48 pm
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Re: Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
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Date: December 31, 2014, 2:53 pm
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Pallas Cats have round pupils like lions and tigers. Despite
their small size. They are extremely fierce wild cats.
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Re: Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: April 4, 2017, 1:14 pm
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[center]Just a handful of tiger subspecies remain in the wild —
here they are[/center]
Elena Motivans March 28, 2017
Tigers are the largest felines in the world. At the start of the
20th century, there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now between
3,000 and 4,000 tigers remain due to hunting and habitat loss.
Although there is only one species of tiger, Panthera tigris,
there are different subspecies, not different enough to be
separate species but have subtle differences.
Tigers have only dispersed from Siberia relatively recently, in
the past few to 70,000 years. This is enough time for genetic
differences to arise but not enough time for them to look really
different from each other. Nine subspecies are genetically
justified and recognized. Three subspecies are extinct already
and the other six subspecies are classified as endangered by the
IUCN. In 2015, a controversial study claimed that based on
morphology and ecology, there are only two subspecies of tigers.
However, this suggestion has not been adopted and the nine
subspecies are officially recognized:
Bengal tiger
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The Bengal tiger (P.t. tigris) is the most common type of tiger.
There are still about 2,500 left in the wild. They live on the
Indian subcontinent, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Bengal tigers are the second largest tiger subspecies and enjoy
eating pigs, deer, and other hoofed animals. They live in
grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, deciduous
forests, and mangroves. Perhaps one reason that they have
survived is that they don’t need much space compared to other
tigers; about 18 tigers can live in 100 square km (39 square
miles).
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[center]The Golden Tabby Bengal tiger. Image credits: Dave
Pape.[/center]
There are 4 different types of Bengals, which interestingly,
look even more different from each other than the other
subspecies combined. The Standard Bengal is the typical orange
and black type, while the other types now only exist in
captivity. The Royal White Bengal (white with black stripes)
only have 300-400 members left. Thirty Golden Tabby Bengals (red
to pale orange cream stripes) are in captivity. The Snow White
Bengals (all white or with ghost stripes) are the most
threatened type; there are only a dozen left.
Indochinese tiger
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The Indochinese tiger (P.t. corbetti) lives in southeast Asia.
It used to live in China and Cambodia but is extinct in those
regions. In 2010, there were 350 tigers left in the wild. They
prefer to live in mountainous or hilly areas. Lots of poaching
in the area has really caused the population of Indochinese
tiger to drop drastically. Roads, dams, and mines have cut away
some of their territories.Their prey has also been wiped out by
hunting so it’s hard for the remaining tigers to find food, such
as wild pigs and deer. Luckily, the tropical forests are still
intact and they have a place to live.
Malayan Tiger
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The Malayan tiger (P.t. jacksoni) is found only in the Southern
part of Malay Peninsula. It used to live in Thailand and
Singapore also but is extinct there now. Genetic studies in 2004
named the Malayan tiger a distinct subspecies. Before they were
thought to be Indochinese tigers. Morphologically, both species
are hard to tell apart. There are fewer than 500 left in the
wild, though the number is possibly more between 200 and 300.
Their rainforest habitat is disappearing making it hard for them
to have the space that they need. Deer and boars aren’t so
common, so one tiger lives in 100 square km (39 square miles).
The Malaysian government is actively conserving their tiger by
introducing wildlife corridors and taking measures to double its
population by 2022.
Siberian tiger
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The Siberian tiger (P.t. altaica) is also called the Amur tiger.
It lives in Eastern Siberia, with a small population in
northeastern China and North Korea. It calls the taiga and
eastern Russian birch forest its home. About 500 Siberian tigers
exist in the wild. They are adapted to live in the cold Siberian
landscape. They are the largest tigers and have thicker fur to
survive the cold. The tigers are also paler and have fewer
stripes, which are dark brown instead of black. One thing going
for them is that they live in the largest unfragmented tiger
habitat with the fewest humans. They need the most space of any
of the other tiger subspecies, one male needs 1000 square km
(386 square miles).
Sumatran tiger
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The Sumatran tiger (P.t. sumatrae) is found only on Sumatra
island. The other two subspecies only found on Indonesian
islands have already gone completely extinct. This tiger was
found to be a distinct subspecies in 1998 through genetic
testing. There are between 400 and 500 left in the wild, mostly
in national parks. The Sumatran tiger is the smallest subspecies
due to thick forests and small prey. It has dark fur, with
closely spaced stripes and a longer mane. One male needs 100
square kilometers (39 square miles) of space.
South China tiger
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The South China tiger (P.t. amoyensis) is the most endangered
subspecies of tiger. It’s also in the top 10 most endangered
species in the world. It is officially extinct in the wild,
about 65 tigers exist in captivity. There could be a lone few
left in the wild; unconfirmed sighting and footprints have been
reported. In the 1950s there were supposedly 4,000 South China
tigers in the wild. Unfortunately, most of them were killed in
the 1950s when the Chinese government labeled them as a pest
that should be eradicated. Hunting was banned in 1979, and the
government applied some conservation measures in the 1990s, but
it was too little too late. That shows you how quickly a species
can go extinct if it specifically hunted. The South China tiger
is a bright orange colour and has a narrow skull.
Extinct tigers
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Three tigers were brought to extinction in the past 100 years.
The Bali (P. t. balica) and Java tigers (P. t. sondaica) lived
on the islands after which they were named. Bali tigers were
hunted to extinction in 1937. Javan tigers lost most of their
habitat and were killed. The Caspian tiger (P.t. virgate) lived
in Eastern Europe and West Asia and went extinct in the early
1970s. It was hunted due to a Soviet Union land reclamation
program. Additionally, its prey was hunted and its natural
habitat was destroyed. We need to be careful that the living
tigers don’t fall to the same fate.
What do you think, should the tigers be considered nine
different subspecies or two? If they were considered as two,
conservation would be easier, but the unique characteristics of
each would be lost.
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Agelbert NOTE: It is sad testament to the success of the empathy
deficit disordered fossil fuel industry's mindless, ruinously
stupid and irresponsible profit over planet 'business model'
that, even while those greedballs are busy destroying the
habitat of these majestic animals, the tigers of the world, they
can then have the mens rea to associate a tiger with their
polluting, biosphere degrading hydrocarbon products (see Esso
"put a tiger in your tank" BULLSHIT which morphed into Exxon
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[move]Exxon's profit over planet is helping to make us EXTINCT!
DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT! Bankrupt the fossil fuel
fascists with Renewable Energy![/move]
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Re: Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: April 6, 2017, 4:41 pm
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[center]Encounter with Ocelot Kitten
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along a Jungle Trail in
Costa Rica[/center]
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On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote Peterson gets
playfully attacked by a WILD Ocelot!
In what is sure to be one of our most unlikely and unbelievable
animal encounters ever THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED!
Luckily for Coyote and the crew this juvenile jungle cat was
more interested in playfully romping around rather than
attacking with a full out aggressive strike!
Ocelot’s have a wide range stretching from Argentina to Texas
and while they have fairly healthy populations in the topics
they are extremely elusive and rarely seen by humans.
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we feel so extremely fortunate to have had this incredible
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Re: Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: June 3, 2018, 1:15 pm
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[center]Sand Cats Have Highly Adapted Paws
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Sand cats, Felis margarita, are found throughout regions in
Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, but studying them is
particularly frustrating for researchers since the cats’ highly
adapted paws—which are covered with wiry, black fur to protect
the pads of their paws from scorching desert sand——render their
footprints almost invisible.
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Re: Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: December 8, 2018, 1:31 pm
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[center]Which Wild Cat Species Is the Most Deadly Predator?
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The Black-Footed Cat (Felis nigripes) looks similar to an
ordinary but small housecat. But it is not an ordinary house
cat.
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Looking at a black-footed cat, you might think that this tiny,
spotted feline, native to arid parts of Southern Africa, would
make an adorable pet. But you’d be wrong. Dead wrong. Usually
weighing three or four pounds (under 2 kg) and standing around
10 inches (25 cm) tall, this little dynamo is one of the
deadliest felines in the world. Comparatively, this stone-cold
killer captures more prey in a night than a leopard does in six
months.
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estimated
to be an astounding 60 percent. 👀
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֍ The black-footed cat (also known as the small-spotted
cat) catches and kills an average of 10 to 14 rodents or small
birds every night, due to a very fast metabolism that requires
the predator to hunt almost constantly.
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֍ Black-footed cats hunt mainly small prey, such as
rodents and small birds, but they are capable of taking down
larger birds, hares, and even antelope calves.
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֍ These fierce cats are considered to be a “vulnerable"
species, mostly because of a loss of habitat.
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Namibia.
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Re: Wild Cats can be Small as well as Large
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[center]Captivating 🧐: A snow leopard and two cubs
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A camera trap situated in the high mountains of Northwestern
China captured stunning footage of a female snow leopard and her
two cubs roaming through the snow. These elusive animals usually
live above the tree line on steep and rocky peaks, their
lustrous pale gray coats allowing them to blend seamlessly into
the landscape.
Video clips captured by camera traps, like the one seen here,
give us a window into the snow leopard's world. The big cat’s
elusive nature and the difficult terrain it lives in make it
hard for researchers to learn about its behaviors and to assess
population health – camera traps provide critical information
about the species and its habitat that can, in turn, lead to its
conservation.
In 2016, WWF-China launched a program to better understand snow
leopard populations in East Tienshan and Qilianshan landscapes,
manage human-snow leopard conflict, and raise public awareness
and support for snow leopard conservation.
Learn more about snow leopards.
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Mutually Grooming Lynxes Relax 🐾
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: December 14, 2019, 3:38 pm
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