Newsday Tuesday – On the Wild Side

Those of us who adore our fur-babies (our house cats) are also fascinated by those cats that still live wild. I read last week that the domestic cats shares 95-96% of the same DNA with the tiger. Here’s a cool site that demonstrates the similarities between the “mini-me” cats in our homes and wild cats. http://www.lonetreevet.com/blog/wild-and-domestic-cats/ Once you really grasp how closely related your fur-babies are to their ancestors in the wilds, you may never look at her the same again.

Perhaps you aren’t aware of how many varieties-species of wild cat there are. I’m constantly surprised to learn of a wild cat I haven’t heard of before. I’m familiar with the margay, the ocelot, the serval, even the Pallas cat, but I hadn’t heard of the Eurasian lynx, the flat-headed cat, the Chinese mountain cat or the kodkod. Yes, that’s a cat, too. Check out this site and learn some crazy stuff about cats you may have never heard of.

https://www.boredpanda.com/unusual-wild-cats/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

This site introduces the Eurasian lynx. Interesting and beautiful creature.

https://www.aboutanimals.com/mammal/eurasian-lynx/

Here’s another site listing even more wild cats and showing photos. According to this site, there are around 44 species of wild cat in the world. https://www.kitty-cats.blog/types-of-wild-cats/

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