Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) is a small wild cat native to the southern and central regions of South America. It is around the size of a domestic cat . It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to it being widespread and abundant over its range.
The genus Leopardus was proposed in 1842 by John Edward Gray, when he described two spotted cat skins from Central America and two from India in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. [8] The subgenus Oncifelis was proposed in 1851 by Nikolai Severtzov with the Geoffroy's cat as type species.
The EFRC is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization and the second-largest big cat rescue in the United States, spanning over 200 acres (0.81 km 2). [1] [2] Abused, disabled, and otherwise homeless wild cats such as Lions, tigers, leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, Canada lynx, ocelots, Geoffroy's cat, and an Asian leopard cat have taken refuge in this organization.
1 Geoffroy cat named Mouse. 1 Bengal cat named Pebbles. 1 Eurasian lynx named Thumper. 4 bobcats named Digger, Willie-Bob, Ruffian and Tank. 5 African servals named Nile, Percival, Nefertiti ...
Twenty big cats have died after contracting bird flu at a Washington State animal sanctuary. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington in the city of Shelton announced the deaths on December 20.
Marguerite: domestic cat × sand cat (Felis margarita); kittens were born to a domestic female, in 2013 and another 20 hybrids in the United Kingdom in 2017 [18] Safari cat: domestic cat × Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) [19] [20] Savannah: domestic cat (including Bengal) × serval (Leptailurus serval) [21]
Leopardus geoffroyi, Geoffroy's cat; Leopardus guigna, the kodkod; Leopardus guttulus, the southern tigrina or Atlantic Forest tiger-cat; Leopardus jacobita, the Andean mountain cat; Leopardus narinensis, the Nariño cat, Galeras cat, or red tigrina [34] Leopardus pajeros, the southern pampas cat; Leopardus pardalis, the ocelot
Americans love having four-legged companions around—about 45.5% of U.S. households own dogs, and about 32.1% own cats, according to a 2024 report from the American Veterinary Medical Association ...