BLACK FOOTED CAT
Being opportunistic hunters, they will eat a variety of small mammals, birds, insects and reptiles. They often sleep in unused aardvark and springhare burrows, rock crevices, or termite mounds during the day. Black-footed cats frequently move great distances in the wild to hunt
yes there population is decreasing
south Africa
With a 60 percent success rate, black-footed cats are about three times as successful as lions, which average a successful kill about 20 to 25 percent of the time, Hunter said
According to the BBC, they have a 60 percent success rate in killing. That's right, this tiny, spotted puff is a vicious murderer, and you should be very afraid, especially if you're small insect or rodent!!! Seriously, though, these cats are no joke.
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sorry but the fun facts are not in dot jotsThis tiny cat is perhaps the smallest of all wild cat species in Africa. The total length of its body is between 50-72 cm (including the tail). The male weighs between 1.7-2.4 kg while the female is only 1-1.6 kg. Kittens weigh a mere 60-90 g when born.
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they have a 60 percent success rate in killing
this tiny, spotted puff is a vicious murderer
you should be very afraid, especially if you're small insect or rodent!!!
these cats are no joke.
Luke Hunter, Chief Conservation Officer at the feline-centered Panthera organization, tells Weisberger that the black-footed cat, which kills an average of 10 to 14 rodents or small birds every night, has an accelerated metabolism that requires it to hunt almost non-stop
The population size of black-footed cats is estimated at 13,867 animals of which 9,707 are estimated to be mature. No subpopulation is considered to contain more than 1,000 mature individuals due to the species' patchy distribution. In South Africa, the population is estimated at 8,334 mature individuals
Height: 25 cm (Adult, At Shoulder)Lifespan: 10 years (In captivity)Scientific name: Felis nigripesTrophic level: CarnivorousMass: Male: 1.9 kg (Adult), Female: 1.3 kg (Adult)
2016), whereas there are a few confirmed cases of black-footed cat x domestic cat hybrids documented in captive conditions (Leyhausen 1979). The black-footed cat is described as the smallest and rarest felid of Southern Africa (Nowell and Jackson 1996; Sliwa 2008; Sliwa et al.
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