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The jungle cat is typically diurnal and hunts throughout the day. Its activity tends to decrease during the hot noon hours. It rests in burrows, grass thickets and scrubs. It often sunbathes on winter days. Jungle cats have been estimated to walk 3–6 km (1.9–3.7 mi) at night, although this likely varies depending on the availability of prey.
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population [a] Andean mountain cat. L. jacobita (Cornalia, 1865) Andes mountains: Size: 57–65 cm (22–26 in) long, 41–48 cm (16–19 in) tail [23] Habitat: Rocky areas, shrubland, and grassland [24] Diet: Rodents, as well as other small mammals [24] EN
The largest is the jungle cat with a head and body length from 62 to 76 cm (24 to 30 in). [ 1 ] Genetic studies indicate that the Felinae genera Felis , Otocolobus and Prionailurus diverged from a Eurasian progenitor of the Felidae about 6.2 million years ago, and that Felis species split off 3.04 to 0.99 million years ago.
Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Felidae: cats: Asian golden cat: Catopuma temminckii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827: Forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland NT: Jungle cat: Felis chaus Schreber, 1777: Particularly around wetlands LC: Clouded leopard: Neofelis nebulosa Griffith, 1821: Forest and ...
Common name Scientific name Authority Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Felidae: cats: Asian golden cat: Catopuma temminckii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827: Forest, savanna, shrubland, & grassland NT: Jungle cat: Felis chaus Schreber, 1777: Particularly around wetlands LC: Clouded leopard: Neofelis nebulosa Griffith, 1821: Forest & shrubland ...
In 1758, Carl Linnaeus described the tiger in his work Systema Naturae and gave it the scientific name Felis tigris, as the genus Felis was being used for all cats at the time. His scientific description was based on descriptions by earlier naturalists such as Conrad Gessner and Ulisse Aldrovandi. [2] In 1929, Reginald Innes Pocock placed the ...
The name is a Greek word for fox ("bassaris") with a Latinized diminutive ending ("-iscus"). [6] The genus was named by Elliott Coues in 1887, having previously been described by Lichtenstein in 1830 under the name Bassaris. Coues proposed the word "bassarisk" as the English term for animals in this genus. [7]
Margay glaucula nicaraguae by Joel Asaph Allen in 1919 was an adult male cat skin and skull from Volcan de Chinandego in Nicaragua. [22] Felis glaucula oaxacensis and F. g. yucatanicus by Edward William Nelson and Goldman in 1931 were an adult male skin and skull from Cerro San Felipe in Oaxaca, and a female cat skin from Yucatan, Mexico ...