Leopard Cat Common Name: Leopard Cat Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrata) Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Felinae (Prionailurus) P.b. euptilura Amur Leopard Cat Species: bengalensis Misc: This cat has been the subject of long debate as to its taxonomic status. There are numerous subspecies that some feel should be classified as individual species […]
TRICK E Male Amur Leopard Cat DOB 4/15/01 DOD 7/27/14 Trick E is one of the only Amur Leopard Cats born in this hemisphere since the year 2000 according to ISIS. These cats have been recommended for phase out by the Felid TAG to make room for “more important cats”. There were only 11 left on this […]
MR E Male Leopard Cat DOB 6/30/00 – 5/27/14 We quit breeding cats in 1997 when our Co-Founder disappeared. We spent the next 3 years building better Cat-A-Tats for our 200 residents. We neutered and spayed all of the bobcats, cougars and lynx first. We had a pair of Amur Leopard Cats who […]
Leopard Cats are Losing their Last Foothold in Taiwan According to the Forestry Bureau, it’s a class-one endangered animal in Taiwan, with fewer than 1,000 estimated remaining island-wide. Recently there has been a on-going news in Taiwan concerning the threat to the survival of the Leopard Cats, an endangered species, and the conservation […]
New Black Cat Found in Sunderbans The leopard cat, like the bobcat, has many variations in their coat pattern, and black would have a hunting advantage in a dark, forested area. https://bigcatrescue.org/2011/leopard-cat-facts The images they show in the piece are a black leopard adult and cub, but if you listen closely, they say the […]
Zander Male Bengal Cat 1/1/93 to 8/25/10 Arrived 8/20/00 Zander likes his privacy and prefers the company of his wild companions to that of his keepers. Zander’s distrust of people and his aloofness are typical of the wilder personalities possessed by most bengal cats. His boundaries are respected and he has the freedom to lounge […]
by Matt WalkerEditor, Earth News The Sundaland clouded leopard, a recently described new species of big cat, has been caught on camera. The film, the first footage of the cat in the wild to be made public, has been released by scientists working in the Dermakot Forest Reserve in Malaysia. The Sundaland clouded leopard, only […]
Shanghai Male Leopard Cat DOB 1991 – 2/4/2010 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/25/96 Shanghai arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 9/25/96. He arrived with a missing ear and was crippled because of a cat fight, but he has since blossomed into a remarkably beautiful cat despite his defects. He never had any fur below […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Authorities arrested a Malaysian woman after finding a baby honey bear, a leopard cat and a slow loris primate in her condominium, a wildlife official said Monday. Officials acting on a tip discovered the endangered species at the 25-year-old woman’s apartment in a Kuala Lumpur city high-rise in a raid Friday, […]
Snapping turtles that kill ducklings, geese that are attacking other birds and an African clawed toad are some of the foreign species identified by scientists which could invade England and threaten native species. By Louise Gray, Environment CorrespondentLast Updated: 8:45PM BST 21 May 2009 Invasive species such as the grey squirrel, American mink and Muntjack […]