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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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African Wildcat from East African Mammals vol. IIIA. Written/illustrated by Jonathan Kingdon. 1971.

#felines #african wildcats #Jonathan Kingdon

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furryservie77-blog · 1 year

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Who are those vibe-looking girls in the Catilandi Vibes Studio?? They're Macy and Lydia. They can have fun in the Catilandi Vibes Studio to have their own vibe looks and boogie and party in the dance arena.

Macy is a Bengal tiger who is cheerful and vibe-looking. She likes to do her vibe-looking features, boogieing and partying in the dance arena with her friends, having her big party and making hearts. She is voiced by Ashleigh Ball.

Lydia is an African wildcat who is playful and sarcastic at all times. She likes to skate around Catilandi and inside of the Catilandi Vibes Studio, wearing her stylish sunglasses that make her look cool and being more "sisterly" with her own sass. She is voiced by Andrea Libman.

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snototter · 1 year

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An African wildcat (Felis lybica) relaxes in a tree in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

by jaffles

#african wildcat #wildcats #felines #felis lybica #felis #felidae #carnivora #mammalia #chordata #wildlife: africa #wildlife: south africa

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styxthecaracal · 3 months

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You know, there are some days where I feel like I wish I was a caracal 24/7, but most days, I think that I could never. I love my human form most days. Without it, I couldn't make art or play music or write stories. That's all human, and that's some of my favorite things to do. I couldn't live without creative expression. I love my therianthropy, but I could never leave my human body. Not in this life. Just give me some cat ears and a tail and some dragon wings and I'll be okay :3

#alterhuman #therian #therianthropy #nonhuman #therian community #felinekin #alterhuman community #therian things #caracal #african wildcat

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nocturnal-stims · 1 month

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When friend-shaped but not friend

🌅 Sdzsafaripark on IG

#african black-footed cats #wildcats #animals #wildlife #stim #owl post #cute #cats #this itty bitty puffball shares the savanna with lions #still the deadliest hunter in Africa

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blackleopards-whitelions · 3 months

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63rd post.

#lions #africa #wildlife #animals #nature #panthera #cats #big cats #bigcats #wild #earth #africanlion #african lion #giraffe #wildanimals #wild animals #feliade #cat #wildcats

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sitting-on-me-bum · 6 months

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Conservationists are working to reintroduce the Scottish wildcat but face a massive numerical deficit and challenge. Lessons can be learned from its near demise, such as not waiting to conserve species until its nearly too late, the Scottish Rewilding Alliance’s Richard Bunting says.

Image by Charlie Marshall via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species

Researcher Philip Muruthi believes the serval (Leptailurus serval) could be an ambassador for African grasslands. With the ability to jump up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in the air, it helps control small mammal populations in its habitat. “Serval cat ecotourism is another possibility,” Muruthi says. “They can be hard to spot, but when you see one in the wild, you never forget it."

Image courtesy of Nancy Lewis/African Wildlife Foundation.

Like their big cat cousins, small cat species can have strong cultural ties to human communities. Anthony Gerardo Pino Charaja of the Andean Cat Alliance explains that in countries like Peru, the Andean cat was long closely linked spiritually to the protection of livestock such as alpacas and llamas and was also designated as a deity of water.

Image courtesy of Andean Cat Alliance.

Clouded leopards prey upon a range of species including wild pigs and ungulates, helping control forest populations.

Image by Charlie Marshall via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

#charlie marshall #photographer #flickr #cats #scottish wildcat #mammal #animal #wildlife #scottish rewilding allance #nancy lewis #african wildlife foundation #leptailurus serval #servals #andean cat alliance #andean cat #clouded leopard

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amber-tortoiseshell · 9 months

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Pylogenetic wild cat tournament

Domestic cat lineage

Genus: Felis

Depth: 12 (11 wins away from championship)

Honestly I tried to read about the relationship of the Felis species, but all the hybridization makes the situation very hard to understand.

[Felis catus:] Domesticated mostly from a lineage of Felis lybica lybica from Mesopotamia. (A revised taxonomy of Felidae' (2017))

The domestic cat is arbitrarily considered either as a subspecies of F. silvestris (Felis silvestris catus) or as a distinct species (Felis catus). (European wildcat and domestic cat: Do they really differ? (2017))

European wildcats, Felis silvestris, can hybridize with domestic cats, Felis catus, which was domesticated from the African wildcat, Felis lybica, to produce fertile offspring. [...] Indeed, domestic cats are genetically closer to Felis lybica, a species that has evolved in a different ecological and evolutionary context than Felis silvestris. (A common statement on anthropogenic hybridization of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) (2023))

I kinda give it up. Have some pictures at least:

Chinese mountain cat

I love the blue eyes, it's a very interesting and unique trait of the species.

African wildcat

Elegant creature!

#polls #cats #tournament poll #phylogenetic wild cat tournament #domestic cat lineage #chinese mountain cat #african wildcat

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vintagewildlife · 10 months

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African wildcat By: W. S. Berridge From: The Book of the Animal Kingdom 1910

#captivity #african wildcat #wildcat #feline #carnivore #mammal #1910 #1910s #W. S. Berridge #The Book of the Animal Kingdom (1910)

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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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A Closer Look at Grasslands. Written by Catherine Horton. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson. 1979.

#felines #caracals #african wildcats #servals #canines #bat eared foxes #mustelids #polecats #Maurice Wilson

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dougdimmadodo · 4 months

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Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)

Family: Cat Family (Felidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Despite what its name suggests the Jungle Cat is not typically found in jungles, instead being a resident of densely vegetated swampy areas of northeastern Africa and western, southern and southeastern Asia. Like most wild cats members of this species are solitary, territorial (marking the outer limits of their territories with strong-smelling urine and saliva) and primarily active at night but not strictly nocturnal, waking up sporadically throughout the day to search for food (feeding primarily on small vertebrates such as rodents, lizards, fishes and frogs, though on occasion they may also consume fruit or target prey as large as Wild Boars and young Chitals (a medium-sized species of deer.)) Jungle Cats come together only to breed (producing high-pitch calls and sniffing the scent markings of other members of their species when receptive to mating,) and while females provide for their litters of 3-6 kittens largely on their own, males have been reported to remain nearby to defend their young for a short period after birth. Newborn Jungle Cats are larger and more developed at birth than many other cat species, being capable of hunting for themselves at around 6 months old and being fully independent by the time they are 9 months old.

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