Pallas's cat  (Otocolobus manul)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (31/03/08) by Steve Ross, Mammal Research Unit, University of Bristol, UK.
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/mammal/people.html

Glossary

Crepuscular: Active at dusk and/or dawn.
Gestation: The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
Steppe: A biome (or subdivision of the Earth's surface) that is composed of a swathe of temperate grassland stretching from Romania to China.
Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Sunquist, M. and Sunquist, F. (2002) Wild Cats of the World. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  3. Ross, S. (March, 2008) Pers. Comm.
  4. CITES (December, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  5. Ross, S. (2006) Foraging Ecology and Conservation of Pallas' Cat in Central Mongolia. IUCN Cat Specialist Group, Project of the Month.
  6. Nowell, K. and Jackson, P. (1996) Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
  7. Heptner, V.G. and Sludskii, A.A. (1992) Carnivora (Hyaenas and cats). In: Hoffmann, R.S. Ed. Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol 2, Part 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
  8. Brown, M., Lappin, M.R., Brown, J.L., Munkhtsog, B. and Swanson, W.F. (2005) Exploring the ecological basis for extreme susceptibility of Pallas' cats (Otocolobus manul) to fatal toxoplasmosis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 41: 691 - 700.