🐈Chinese mountain cat
荒漠貓（学名：Felis bieti）又稱漠貓、草猞猁、中國山貓、草猫，为猫科猫属的一种哺乳动物，是中国的特有物种。该物种的模式产地在四川康定附近。荒漠貓體形較家貓大。食性以捕食齧齒動物為主，還捕食鳥類和雉雞。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 5.49 kg
- Body length
- 0.77 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 28 years
Everything we know about the Chinese mountain cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass5.49 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.77 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass38 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan28 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length7.95 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity306 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation65 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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Home range1.29 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.36 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l5.5 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 Chinese mountain cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusFelis
- ›speciesFelis bieti
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- genusFelis
- speciesFelis silvestris
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
- speciesFelis silvestris
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