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Fishing Cat
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3-35 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/ 1-1.5 ft. tall/ 13-30 lbs. Wetlands, mangrove swamps, river banks, and streams, in some or all of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, and Java. Almost exclusively fish (approximately ten fresh water species). The fishing cat (like most wild felines) is prized for its incredibly dense, rich and beautifully marked coat, so illegal poaching adds stress to the largely scattered, and remaining populations.
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Cheetah
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65 -75 ft. long (tip-to-tail) / 2-3 ft. tall/ 80-120 lbs. African savanna, Southeast Asian grasslands. Small mammals (especially antelope), and sometimes game birds. The cheetah, like many large carnivores, struggles to maintain sufficient habitat, due to human encroachment. Though at one time they were poached for their spotted hide, the cheetah is now widely protected across Africa, and so poaching is perhaps one of the least menacing threats to this species' survival. Cheetahs also purr, in the same w...
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Black-Footed Cat
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15-25 ft. long (tip-top-tail)/ 10 inches tall/ 3-4 lbs. Arid, semi-desert and grassland regions across African, in the countries of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. Small mammals, like rodents and hares, as well as small birds. Mostly due to a loss of habitat (and consequently its prey species) the relatively small population of black-footed cats is steadily declining. The species never, or else rarely ever drinks water, because it obtains a sufficient amount of moisture from its diet.
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Asian Golden Cat
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25-35 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/1.2-2 ft. tall/20-35 lbs. Rocky areas, deciduous, subtropical, evergreen, and tropical forests, and less frequently the open and high altitude terrain of Southeast Asia, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Sumatra, and the Himalayas. Small to mid-sized mammals, tree hyraxes, rodents, small antelopes, birds, and carrion. The Asian golden cat is mostly threatened by loss of habitat through deforestation. Local pe...
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Pallas's Cat
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1 ft tall/ 2-3 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/ 6-15 lbs. Grasslands, hilly areas, alpine deserts, lowland sandy basins, rocky outcrops, ravines, and high elevation steppes of Mongolia, western China, Iran, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Tibet, and northern India. Today, the Pallas's cat is a protected species, particularly in the countries where it still exists. However, the newest threat to remaining cat populat...
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Jaguar
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7-85 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/ 2-2.5 ft. tall/ 115-250 lbs. (rare outliers have reached up to 350 lbs.). Preferably dense, lowland rainforests (and very rarely swamps, deserts and dry grasslands) of southern Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Ecuador, Uruguay, Guatemala, Peru, Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Surinam, Guyana, and French Guiana (predominantly South America). Deforestation and human encroachment are the most significant threats facing the jaguar.
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Lion
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65-9 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/ 3.5-4 ft. tall/ 120-250 lbs. Open savanna grasslands, scattered by Acacia trees, across central and southern Africa; scattered pockets reside in specialized habitats, like swamplands, or dense forest. Mostly large mammals, preferably wildebeest and zebra. Of course, as one of Africa's big five game species, the lion was ruthlessly hunted for sport, especially throughout the 19th and most of the 20th centuries. Lions are the only big cat to live primarily in social groups, cal...
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Florida Panther
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6-7 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/ 2-2.5 ft. tall/ 75-130 lbs. Low tidal regions, palm forests, and swamplands in the southern portion of the state of Florida, U.S.A. Primarily white-tailed deer, but also feral hog, rabbit, raccoon, armadillo and a few bird species; infrequently and opportunistically, small pets and local livestock. Directly associated with dense human populations, is a high volume of traffic and interstate travel. A few Florida panthers are killed annually by fast-moving cars and trucks, e...
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Clouded Leopard
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5-6 ft. long (tip-to-tail) / 10-16 in. tall / 25-50 lbs. Warm, tropical and subtropical forests, high altitude terrains, mangrove swamps, and grasslands of Southeast Asia. Small primates and civets, supplemented by other small mammals and birds. Deforestation and loss of habitat in Southeast Asia are constant threats to clouded leopard populations. Because of its relatively small size, the clouded leopard is popular in the wildlife/ exotic pet trade.
