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Though cat intelligence isn't as well researched as that of dogs, there are still signs that you may be the proud owner of a ...
It's close to the African forest cat, Felis silvestris lybica, but its exact identity is still to be determined," Benedetti said. The cat-fox's diet, ...
It was already known that the felix catus genome is not so different from the felis silvestris, but Warren did find some differences from the tiger, especially in areas of behavior.
Felis Silvestris (Not Domesticus) A group of artists formerly with New Music Circle has founded the HEARding Cats Collective. Its mission: “to keep St. Louis strange and wonderful.” by Stefene Russell ...
A diagnosis for the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris): A tool for conservation action for a critically-endangered felid. Animal Conservation Forum, 8 (3), 223-237. doi: 10.1017/S1367943005002301 ...
For a long time, archaeologists interpreted the many bones of small carnivores they found in early Neolithic settlements in the Levant as coming from fur hunters, but new analysis suggests they were ...
The study shows that the black-footed cat branched off from the Felis genus about 3 million years ago, making it one of the most ancient small cats. There’s evidence of subsequent hybridization ...
Everything you need to know about domestic cats When were cats domesticated? Cats were domesticated around 10,000 years ago. Today's domestic cats descend from Felis silvestris lybica, a wildcat ...
Hiroyuki Sasaki—a cat enthusiast and geneticist at Kyushu University in Japan—was determined to identify the elusive gene that carries the orange mutation in Felis silvestris catus (the ...