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Weight: 16-30 pounds
Head/Body: 24-30 inches
Tail: 9-12 inches
Subspecies: 9
Possibly one of the ancestors of the
domestic cat, the jungle cat is a well proportioned cat with a sturdy
build and definite cat-like movements and actions. It is definitely a
mutated Felis sylvestris. Its coat is sandy gray to tawny red with pale
stripped-tabby body markings (more pronounced in kittens) with darker,
almost black tabby-type facial markings, dorsal stripe, and tail tip. The
jungle cat may be found in the jungles, woodlands, scrub, reedbeds and
marshes of Egypt and southern Asia. Often found living in and around human
settlements and farms. It hunts by night or day, from the ground, and
seeks rodents, reptiles, birds, and other small animals.
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