Foundation Gallery
F1 Bengal, Elsa
Thank you Kathy, Leopardstrail Bengals
F2 Greenmansion Windsong
Thank you Sheila, Greenmansion
Bengals
Thanks to Bob, Obobtor Bengals for sharing pictures
of the ALC Cub
Asian Leopard Cat in Habitat
The Asian Leopard Cat Broken Heart
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Wild Gallery
The Rare and Beautiful Snow Leopard Cub and Adult,
photographers unknown
The Snow Leopard Cat's natural habitat is the
Mountains.
Snow
leopard range covers 2 million
square kilometers, about the size of
Greenland or Mexico. China contains as much as 60%
of
snow
leopard
habitat. The cats have already
disappeared from some areas where they formerly lived, such as certain parts
of Mongolia.
Much of the
snow
leopard's
habitat is located along
international borders, some of
them disputed between two countries. To some degree, this situation
protects the cats because sensitive border areas are
often closed to all public
access, making them almost de-facto protected areas. But it also adds to
the difficulty of studying
snow
leopards and establishing their
current status and distribution.
Snow
leopards are usually found
between 3,000 and 5,400 meters above sea level. The environment at this
elevation is harsh and forbidding. The climate is cold and dry, the
mountain slopes sparsely vegetated with grasses and small shrubs.
Snow
leopards prefer steep, broken
terrain of cliffs, rocky
outcrops, and ravines. This type of
habitat provides good cover and
clear views to help them sneak up on their prey.
Each individual snow
leopard inhabits a defined home
range. However, these home ranges overlap and
snow
leopards do not defend them the
way more aggressively territorial species do. Home range sizes vary
greatly. It is thought that in Nepal and other areas where prey is
abundant, cats inhabit home ranges as small as 30-65 square kilometers. In
areas where there is less prey, such as Mongolia,
snow
leopards need more land in order
to survive and their home ranges may be over 1,000 square kilometers in
area.
As they move about their home ranges, the cats
often travel along ridgelines and
cliff bases, and choose bedding sites near cliffs or ridges with good views
over the surrounding terrain.
Radio collar studies of
snow
leopards in the wild indicate
that they usually stay in one area for several days and then move to another
part of their home range--usually
to another valley, where they might find another herd
of potential prey. They can
cover long distances in a single night, and in Mongolia they have even been
documented to cross over 25 miles of
open desert between mountain slopes.
Information from Google Research
Ocelot, photographer unknown
A nocturnal wildcat (Felis pardalis or Leopardus
pardalis) of the brush and forest of the southwest
United States and Central and South American having a
grayish or yellow coat with black spots
Ocelli, blunt tail end, straight stripes from his neck
to nose
(No Tabby "M") Spotted Legs and Whited undersides
Ocelli: A vivid
white patch on the back of the ear, this trait comes from the leopard
cat. True
ocelli are extremely
rare beyond the F2 generation, ...
Photograph by Sheila Cox, Greenmansion Bengals
Golden Leopard Cat, photographer unknown
Legadima, star of 'Eye of the Leopard', a National Geographic
documentary.
Photo by Amanda RubinŠ
Cheetah at the National Zoo, Washington, photographer unknown
Notice the "cheetah tears", frequently found on Bengal
Siberian Lynx in the Wild, Photographer unknown
Young Male Bob Cat, photographer unknown
Bob Cat in Winter Coat, photographer unknown
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Suburban South Jersey
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