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Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul)

Mammals

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Otocolobus manul 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Felidae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Otocolobus

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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Sources
1. Pallas's cat - Wikipedia
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A2
  • Article text
    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).
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2. Wikidata: Otocolobus
Wikidata
  • Statements 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
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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..."
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Eurasian Steppe (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Eurasian Steppe, Article text
Quote, 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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