Unfamiliar and beautiful felids - pictures

reply to post by elevenaugust

Rare views to be sure. I was trying to remember where I had seen those ears depicted before...
And then I got it.

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Originally posted by Astrithr
You forgot the sand cat! I love their huge ears, so cute!

I'm in love.

My dog is going to be jealous.

See you in a couple years. Off to go steal a Sand Cat.
How cruel to keep those adorable kitties caged at the zoo.
They don't look wild at all.

I must go save them......

love the cat world!
although be ultra respectfull and responsible if wanting to be an owner of a 'wild' species.
they tend to adopt to an alpha and maybe a beta person.
they also will often times create a heavy handed rule against your current pet line up.

love these. thanks for posting OP!

(note: I grew up with wolves, as for the alpha comment)

cute colocolo!

geoffrey's are adorable kitle pussiekats, too

Ive pet several and had close experience with a third of the cats on your list. It was Vogue in the 90's to have an exotic mid sized cat. A friend of mine worked at an exotic pet sanctuary. The no questions asked type. The most people friendly I found were servals (except when around food) and lynx. The lynx was one of the smartest, tough cats out there but rolled on his back and begged for tuna and a belly scratch. Sadly mid sized cats are mostly misunderstood. Some are Real personable another's were not. I have a healthy respect for these animals and a solid disrespect for the people who buy one (mostly illegally) and get rid of them a couple years later due to "being to busy"! OK I'm off my soapbox...

Originally posted by Astrithr
You forgot the sand cat! I love their huge ears, so cute!

Yes! Such a beautiful wild cat deserves its own section!

11- Sand Cat

The sand cat is up to the arid regions of Iran, Pakistan and South Asia and North Africa west of the Sahara, the desert is a beautiful cat. The small cat, it is ~ 2 feet around and weighs six half pounds, except that one foot long tail. Margarita Felix, live in some of the hottest places on the planet, sand cats, which are adapted to their lifestyle.
Under your feet, the hair on the surface mesh for protection from the scorching sands of time of the day, thick fur that protects it from the cold desert nights. Color, body, yellow sand irregular black bars on tail and legs. The face is broad, the ears are long and pointed - it is possible to listen through the vast distances in the desert. Reddish markings will run along the sides behind the eyes and ears. Chin and throat are white. Nails are dull due to lack of places for the sharpening their desert usual.

It is considered as "Near Threatened" in the IUCN Red list

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wow, thanks for sharing, I hadnt heard of half of those!

Wow...thank you for the amazing pics...Those little Sand Cats are absolutely gorgeous...Add me to the list of wanting one..

This is what Vulcans use as pets. Look at that cat, its Vulcan I tells ya

I read "fields". This is still very cool, possibly better.
Thanks OP. I only knew of a few of those.

Very cool cats!
The Serval really looks like my F3 Savannah...
You can clearly tell that the Savannah comes from the Serval...
One of our Savannah is an F3 so it's 3 generations down the Serval.
It still has the wild look, wild attitude, and LOTS of energy!

We also have a F5 female... She's more relax but likes to play all the time...

Wow, I bet a lot of us are wishing we could have our own Sand Cat preserves. If I were 20 years younger, richer, and educated sufficiently, I'd love to get a bit of land in a nice hot region and set it up to breed these beauties off of the threatened list.