🐈Leopard cat
삵(학명: Prionailurus bengalensis 프리오나일루루스 벵갈렌시스[*]) 또는 살쾡이는 식육목 고양이과에 속하는 동물이다. 털색은 회갈색이며, 회백색 뺨에는 세 줄의 갈색 줄무늬가 있다. 몸 길이는 45~55cm 정도이며, 꼬리는 25~32cm이다. 대한민국에서는 "삵"과 "살쾡이"를 모두 표준어로 인정하고 있다. 삵괭이는 삵과 고양이(괭이)의 합성어이며 1989년 3월부터 삵괭이가 아닌 살쾡이가 표준어가 되었다. 환경부 지정 멸종위기 2급인 동물이다. 현재까지 한국에 남아있는 유일한 고양이과 맹수이다. 2022년 기준 환경부 지정 멸종위기 야생생물 2급에 포함되어 있다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 4.15 kg
- Body length
- 0.78 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Leopard cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.15 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.78 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass30 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length6.44 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation66 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.87 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.2 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 Leopard cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusPrionailurus
- ›speciesPrionailurus bengalensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusPrionailurus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusPrionailurus
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