Pallas's Cat, also called the manul, is a small wild cat with long, dense, light grey fur and rounded ears set low on the sides of its head. Its head-and-body length ranges from 46 to 65 centimeters with a bushy tail of 21 to 31 centimeters, and it is well camouflaged and adapted to the cold continental climate of its native range, which receives little rainfall and experiences a wide range of temperatures.
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Classification
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In Biome
Source Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul) (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul)
Additional Source Eurasian Steppe (Wikipedia)Article text
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1. Pallas's cat - Wikipedia
Infobox: status2
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In Transbaikal, it preys on Daurian pika (Ochotona dauurica), steppe pika (O. pusilla), Daurian ground squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus), and young of red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax).
View the Source2. Wikidata: Otocolobus
WikidataStatements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
- Wikidata Q166794 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q166794
- Child Taxon Of: Felidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul) (Wikipedia)
- threatened by poaching, prey base decline due to rodent control programs
- In Biome: Montane Grasslands and Shrublands, Wikipedia intro: "imalayas, Tibetan Plateau to the Altai-Sayan region and South Siberian Mountains. It inhabits rocky montane grasslands and shrublands, where the snow cover is b..."
View the Source4. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt row for this species, Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular and Activity-Diurnal columns
Felis manul Felidae 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 3050 Ref_58 1
MamFuncDat.txt row for this species, BodyMass-Value column (grams)
Felis manul Felidae 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 3050 Ref_58 1
View the Source 5. Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of Liverpool: AnAge entry for Felis manul
Human Ageing Genomic Resources, University of LiverpoolObservationsQuote, Observations
One captive specimen was at least 15.9 years of age when it died
Eurasian Steppe (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Eurasian Steppe, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Eurasian Steppe, Article text
The gray wolf, corsac fox, Pallas's cat and occasionally the brown bear are predators roaming the steppe.
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