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The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), also called the small-spotted cat, is the smallest wild cat in Africa, having a head-and-body length of 35–52 cm (14–20 in). Despite its name, only the soles of its feet are black or dark brown.
Cats are carnivores. The kidney is a vital organ with a variety of tasks. It plays an important role in maintaining the water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, in the excretion of toxic metabolic degradation products such as urea and in the recovery of valuable substances such as glucose, amino acids, peptides and minerals initially filtered out of the blood during ultrafiltration in the ...
On Dec. 28, Utah’s Hogle Zoo announced the arrival of its newest resident: Gaia, an 8-month-old predatory feline belonging to a species known as the black-footed cat. Gaia is not yet fully grown ...
Andean mountain cat: Leopardus jacobitus: Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina: E Asian golden cat (Temmnick's cat) Catopuma temminckii: Nepal, China, Southeast Asia, Indonesia E Black-footed cat: Felis nigripes: Southern Africa: E Flat-headed cat: Prionailurus planiceps: Malaysia, Indonesia: E Iriomote cat: Prionailurus iriomotensis
On May 16, the kitten rescuers had fun 'rating the guests in our kitten nursery' between feedings, and it couldn't possibly have been cuter. Take a look! Aww--just look at these babies!
The world’s first cloned black-footed ferret has given birth in a historic first for conservationists. Antonia the ferret successfully delivered two healthy kits after mating with Urchin, a ...
Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat . The smallest of the seven Felis species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from 38 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in).
However, black-footed polecats are listed as "Endangered" and it is estimated that there are 350 black-footed ferrets living in the wild. [12] The main threats to black-footed polecats are disease, habitat loss, and human-introduced diseases. [ 13 ]