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Coastal Kenya's distinctive, free-roaming, feral cats – known as khadzonzo or kadzonzo, and found from city streets to the Arabuko Sokoke national forest – were "discovered", in the Western cat fancy sense, by horse breeder and wildlife artist Jeni Slater in 1978 near Watamu coconut plantation, [3] though of course the cats were known for much longer by native people.
African wildcats were first domesticated about 10,000 years ago in the Near East, and are the ancestors of the domestic cat (F. catus). [19] Domestic cats and African wildcats remain closely related in the present day; interspecific hybrids between domestic cat and African wildcats are common, and occur where their ranges overlap. [22]
The African golden cat has a similar build as the caracal's, but is darker and lacks the ear tufts. The sympatric serval can be distinguished from the caracal by the former's lack of ear tufts, white spots behind the ears, spotted coat, longer legs, longer tail, and smaller footprints. [17] [20]
A wild African cat seen wandering a suburban Ohio neighborhood has been captured and is being cared for by the Cincinnati Zoo, officials say. ... ‘Tornado of white birds.’ Over 2 million geese ...
A wild animal that was being kept as a pet cat in Illinois is on the loose, officials said. And if you see the African serval believed to be roaming in northeast Decatur, authorities warn you ...
The feet are jet black underneath. There are two colour phases; iron-gray, with black and whitish speckling, and tawny-grey, with less black and more buffy speckling. [4] In appearance it is very similar to a domestic cat, although the legs are proportionately longer. The most distinguishable characteristic is the rich reddish-brown colour on ...
A white American Curl cat sitting in a blue armchair ... , Manx cats are labeled by tail length, with "Longies" having half-tails, ... certain domestic cat breeds and Servals, a wild African cat ...
Hybrid of short-haired cats × African wildcat (Felis lybica) Semi-foreign Short: Solid black, chocolate spotted tabby or cinnamon spotted tabby: Karelian Bobtail Ladoga Karelia, Russia [17] Natural, mutation of shortened tail [18] Medium [19] Short/long [20] All, except pointed: Khao Manee: Thailand [13] Natural: Moderate Short: Solid white ...