🐈Jungle cat
El gato de la jungla, de los pantanos o chaus (Felis chaus) es una especie de mamífero carnívoro de la familia Felidae característico de las tierras bajas y húmedas del sur de Asia, desde el Mediterráneo oriental a Indochina y Malaca. Su área de distribución se prolonga hacia el norte en Asia Central, siguiendo el litoral del mar Caspio y los cursos de grandes ríos como el Amu Daria y el Sir Daria. Alcanza de refilón la Rusia europea en la desembocadura del Volga y África en el Delta del Nilo.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 10 kg
- Body length
- 0.73 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Jungle cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass10 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 10 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.73 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass41 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.21 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 60 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge 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 l10 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 Jungle cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusFelis
- ›speciesFelis chaus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
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