Cats' Cloisters |
Cat coats are often exquisitely marked for camouflage. Despite protection these animals are still poached for their fur. |
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Clouded Leopards are hunters of small mammals and birds in forests of parts of Asia. Short legs and long tails indicate a life lived in trees. They are endangered, and subjects of a captive breeding programme. |
Like the Golden Cat, little is known of their habits as wild animals. |
The Leopard Cat is a 'small cat'; it purrs, but cannot roar; and has vertical pupils. All cats have sharp pointed canine teeth and retractable claws. | |
Binturong. The reason for including this large member of the civet family here, is its alternative name of 'bear-cat'! It is unique in this animal family in having a prehensile tail. |