🐈Black-footed cat
Die Schwarzfußkatze (Felis nigripes) ist die kleinste afrikanische Katze und in der südwestlichen Trockenzone des südlichen Afrika beheimatet. Sie ist eine der am wenigsten erforschten Karnivoren und gilt als die seltenste afrikanische Katze. Sie wurde erst 2002 als gefährdet (vulnerable) eingestuft. Ursprünglich wurden mit F. n. nigripes und F. n. thomasi zwei Unterarten unterschieden, die heute aber nicht mehr anerkannt sind.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 2.13 kg
- Body length
- 0.45 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.21 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Black-footed cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 2.13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.45 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height0.21 m0.17–0.25 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
Working Group: "a shoulder height of 17-25 cm (6.7-10 in)". Corroborated by Pringle 1977, Ann Natal Mus 23(1):93-115, as cited on Wikipedia: "Its shoulder height is less than 25 cm". Mammalian Species 925 gives no shoulder height for this species. Midpoint of the range.
Source: Black-footed Cat Working Group (Sliwa and colleagues), Black-footed Cat Facts, https://www.blackfootedcat.com/black-footed-cat-facts/ · see citation
Brain mass21 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.61 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity285 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation67 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 66 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black-footed cat yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusFelis
- ›speciesFelis nigripes
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
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