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The Beautiful and Mysterious Clouded Leopard

25 September, 2020
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There are but a few people who can actually say they have seen a clouded leopard in its natural habitat. They are as secretive and elusive as they are beautiful. These cats are a separate genus of cat that are most closely related to snow leopards. Equipped with

The Beautiful and Elusive Snow Leopard

11 September, 2020
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The snow leopard calls the high, rugged, and frigid mountains of central and south Asia their home. Once thought to have a few subspecies research has, for now, listed these beautiful cats as a monotypic species (a group that

The Unusual Fossa

14 July, 2020
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It’s a cat, a dog, a mongoose…. what is that critter? It’s a fossa. Even it’s name isn’t pronounced how you’d think. It’s pronounced foo-sah. These interesting predators hail from Madagascar and are most closely related to civets. They stick to hunting in the rainforest region of this

The Famous and Even Infamous Domestic Cat

8 January, 2020
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Soft, furry, friendly (most of the time), quick, and deadly predators. The domestic cat is not only popular (the most popular pet in North America) but also a secretive hunter that has taken a huge toll on suburban wildlife. On the popular side, cat ownership outnumbers dog ownership by and […]

The Beautiful and Secretive Canadian Lynx

13 December, 2019
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Found in North America, the Canadian lynx lives in forested areas in North America and Canada & is well adapted to the life in extremely low temperatures. Lynx are found in the broad boreal forest belt in North America. The number of lynx have been greatly reduced due to

Enter the Binturong

17 October, 2019
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The binturong, aka bearcat, aka Asian bearcat, aka Asian civet belongs to the same family as a variety of other small carnivores (eat meat) such as mongooses, civets, genets, and fossa. They also share a variety of traits with them too, including a long nose and having

The Beautiful and Stealthy Bobcat

28 August, 2019
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The bobcat is often confused with a lynx due to the similarity of size and the telltale ear tufts. Bobcats and lynx live in different locales though and the lynx is larger, shaggier, had larger feet, faded spots, and are more gray in color; as opposed to the reddish color

The Adorable Ringtail Cat

23 August, 2019
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The ringtail cat looks a little like a cat and a fox merged together. However, they aren’t cats and they aren’t foxes. They are more closely related to raccoons. As they are Arizona’s state animal, they are a protected species. So, no touchy! These cute little critters can be

The Mountain Lion

17 June, 2019
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The mountain lion is also known as the panther, cougar, puma, catamount, and gato monte (cat of the mountain). These critters have so many names because of their huge demographic. They live from Canada, down to Argentina. Pumas living in warm or humid climates are

The Shy Margay

7 June, 2019
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The margay is a critter from the feline family and whom resides in Mexico, Central, and South America (East of the Andes mountains); primarily in the Amazon, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Belize. The margay enjoys life in rainforests, evergreen forests, and