🐈Pallas's cat
Pallas's cat, also called manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur, and rounded ears set low on the sides of the head. Its head-and-body length ranges from 46 to 65 cm with a 21–31 cm (8.3–12.2 in) long bushy tail. It is well camouflaged and adapted to the cold continental climate in its native range, which receives little rainfall and experiences a wide range of temperatures.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 3.5 kg
- Body length
- 0.61 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Pallas's cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.5 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.61 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass36 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5.57 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation72 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.5 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 Pallas's cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusFelis
- ›speciesFelis manul
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusOtocolobus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusOtocolobus
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