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Maned Wolf

The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) has exceptionally long, slender legs. It inhabits open regions with tall vegetation cover so the extra height helps it to see over the long grass. These wolves pair for life although they seem to live fairly independently within their territory of 25-30 square km. They lead such secretive lives that not a great deal is known about their behaviour. Attempts to breed and study them in captivity have had little success as captive females often abandon or even eat their newborn pups.

Mainly nocturnal, the maned wolf has a varied diet, eating rabbits, mice and birds, ants, grubs, berries and fruit. According to South American folklore, children can avoid dental problems by wearing a maned wolf's tooth on a chain around their neck and snakebite victims can avoid death by eating two small pieces of its heart.
Common Palm Civet

One of the most widespread civets, the common palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is found across central, south and southeastern Asia. The common palm civet has a broad diet, ranging from rats and insects to fruits such as mangos and bananas. An arboreal species, the common palm civet is well adapted for living in forests but will also live in areas near humans. The common palm civet is mainly nocturnal and crepuscular, coming out at night, dawn, and dusk.
African Golden Cat

The African golden cat (Caracal aurata) is little known by science, but is the subject of much tribal superstition in many parts of Africa. Pygmy tribes in Cameroon carry the tail of the African golden cat when hunting elephants to ensure good fortune, and the skin is used in some areas during circumcision rituals. The African golden cat is about twice the size of a large domestic cat and is robustly built with a short tail. Despite its name, the fur varies from marmalade orange-red to sepia-grey and may be spotted all over, unspotted or somewhere in between. Captive specimens have been known to change from grey to red and vice versa and this may also occur in the wild. The throat, chest and undersides are white or whitish, and the belly is marked with bold dark spots or blotches. Its round face has a heavy muzzle, and the small, blunt, un-tufted ears have black backs. Males are larger and heavier than females. The African golden cat is also known as the ‘leopard’s brother’ as local people believe it follows the leopard.
Giant Panda

A panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) skin is worth $180,000 on the black market in Japan but Chinese poachers tempted to trade in this endangered species face the death penalty if they are caught. Several poachers have been executed and China has shown its further commitment to protecting this much-loved bear by stopping commercial logging within its range and introducing a national conservation programme. Numbers are stale but the population is small and the habitat under threat - ironically, partially from tourism development centred on the panda itself. Attempts at captive breeding have been extremely unsuccessful. An ancient Chinese tale explains that the panda got its markings when a young girl, a friend of the bears, died. They wept at the funeral and rubbed their arms over their eyes, smudging them with black. Then they hugged each other for comfort and blackened their ears, shoulders and rumps as well.
Giraffe

Spectacularly tall, the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis, Say it: JUHR-AFF-uh KAMM-UHL-AWP-URD-al-USS) has a very long neck with a short, upstanding mane, and high shoulders that slope steeply to the hindquarters. The legs are also long. The giraffe’s neck is made up of the same number of neck bones (vertebrae) as most mammals, including humans, but they are much larger and linked by ball and socket joints for improved flexibility. The specific name of the giraffe comes from the Latin ‘camelopardalis’, meaning ‘camel marked like a leopard’, owing to their buff background with brown blotches, which helps to camouflage them in the dappled light and shade patterns created by the trees they feed on.
Black-footed Cat

This secretive and rare cat is among the smallest of the world’s cats, and is the smallest wild cat in Africa. The coat of the black-footed cat (*Felis nigripes*) varies from cinnamon buff to tawny, and is patterned with black or brown oblong spots, offering effective camouflage. These spots merge into bars extending over the shoulders, legs and short tail. The broad skull has prominent rounded ears, and very large eyes that possess a mirror-like layer behind the retina, the tapetum lucidum, which reflects light at night with an intense blue sheen. The name of this cat comes from the black soles of the cat’s feet. There are two disputed subspecies; Felis nigripes nigripes and the darker and larger Felis nigripes thomasi.
Red Fox

Throughout history the tasmainian devil (Vulpes vulpes) has been the subject of folklore and fables, its name synonymous with cunning and wiliness. The fox is usually the culprit when farmers lose their chickens and, if not, it gets the blame anyway. As a nocturnal hunter, it is not often seen in the countryside but urban foxes are on the increase and becoming bolder, scavenging in gardens and exploring rubbish bins. Despite being hunted for its fur as well as by farmers, numbers continue to increase and it is now the most widespread and abundant wild carnivore in the world.

During the mating season in early spring, the vixen can sometimes be heard calling to her mate with a high-pitched yelp and the dog fox answering with a shrill bark sounding across the valley. A hollowed-out tree stump makes an ideal den or 'earth' where the vixen and her cubs spend the daylight hours before emerging at dusk to creep silently about the tasmanian devil

A human red fox from Kemono Friends
African Forest Elephant

The African forest elephant (*Loxodonta cyclotis*) is a forest-dwelling species of elephant found in the Congo Basin. It is the smallest of the three extant species of elephant, but still one of the largest living terrestrial animals. The African forest elephant and the African bush elephant (*L. africana*) were considered to be one species until genetic studies indicated that they separated an estimated 2–7 million years ago. Due to a slower birth rate, the forest elephant takes longer to recover from poaching, which caused its population to fall by 65% from 2002 to 2014. Generally, these forest-dwelling elephants are smaller and darker than their savanna relatives, the bush elephants. The species normally has five toenails on the forefoot and four on the hind foot, like the Asian elephant, but unlike the African bush elephant which normally has four toenails on the forefoot and three on the hind foot. They also protect themselves from the sun by using sand. The African forest elephant is native to West Africa's Central African republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon and Central.

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Margay

A beautifully patterned small cat, somewhat larger than a large house cat, the margay (*Leopardus wiedii*) varies in colour from tawny yellow to greyish brown, and the coat is marked with rows of dark spots and open rosettes. The head, neck and throat bear black lines, and the backs of the ears are black with a central white spot. The underparts are whitish, and the long, rather bushy tail is marked with dark rings. The fur of the margay is relatively thick and soft, and, unusually, grows ‘reversed’ on the back of the neck, where it slants forwards. The margay shows much individual variation in coat pattern, and a number of subspecies are recognised. The male and female margay are similar in size and appearance.

Often confused with the closely related ocelot, Leopardus pardalis, the margay can be distinguished by its smaller size, more slender build, proportionately large eyes, and the longer tail, which, unlike in the ocelot, is longer than the hindleg. The margay can also be difficult to distinguish from the oncilla, or little spotted cat (Leopardus tigrinus), from which it differs by its slightly larger size, its larger, less solid spots, and the backward-growing fur on the neck.
Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans) is a great survivor and one of the most successful predators on Earth. Despite being shot, trapped and poisoned its numbers are on the increase and its range expanding. It has a distinctive yapping howl, which floats for several kms on a still night. Where wolves are eliminated, the coyote becomes top predator, eating everything from snakes and insects to small mammals, domestic fowl and pets, fruit, carrion and domestic rubbish. It usually hunts alone. However, intriguingly, individual coyotes have been observed teaming up with a badger to hunt burrowing rodents: the coyote scents the quarry, the badger digs it out and they share the spoils.
South African Cheetah

The South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus), also known as the Namibian cheetah, is the most numerous and the nominate cheetah subspecies native to Southern Africa. Since 1986, it has been classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. The South African cheetah live mainly in the lowland areas and deserts of the Kalahari, the savannahs of Okavango Delta and the grasslands of the Transvaal region in South Africa. In Namibia, cheetahs are mostly found in farmlands. The South African cheetah was first described by the German zoologist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber under the trinomen Felis jubatus jubatus in the Dutch Cape Colony in 1775.

Previously estimated at a population of 4,190 individuals in Southern Africa since 2007, the total population of the South African cheetah has likely reached to over 6,000 individuals, with Namibia having the largest cheetah population worldwide. Since 1990 and onwards, the population was estimated at approximately 2,500 individuals in Namibia, until 2015, the cheetah population has been increased to more than 3,500 in the country. Botswana contains the second-largest population of cheetahs. In 2007, there were an estimated population of 1,800 individuals. However, in 2016, there are approximately 2,000 South African cheetahs in Botswana, which is about 20% of the world's cheetahs. There were 550 to 850 cheetahs left in South Africa in 2007. After many conservation efforts, the cheetah population has boosted to more than 1,000 individuals. Previously in 2013, there were an estimated population of between 1,200 and 1,300 cheetahs in South Africa. Whilst it is estimated that 1,500 adult cheetahs live in South Africa since 2016, it is also stated by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) that the total population ranges between 1,166 and 1,742 cheetahs in South Africa alone in 2017. In Zimbabwe, on the contrary, the cheetahs' population have severely declined. The population have decreased from more than 1,500 cheetahs since 1999 to 400 cheetahs in 2007, to between 150 and 170 cheetahs as of 2015 in the country. In 2007, approximately 100 individuals remain in Zambia and between 50 and 90 left in Mozambique.

The South African cheetah have gone extinct in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lesotho. The cheetahs have been reintroduced in Swaziland and recently in Malawi.

Historically, it was believed all cheetahs were genetically homogenous. This changed in January 2011, when the Asiatic cheetahs and the Sudan cheetahs were revealed to be distinct even from their closest relatives from South Africa.
Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) has always had a fearsome reputation and the notorious 'Man-eater of Champawat' in India was reputed to have killed 436 people. Today it is generally accepted that only old or injured tigers, unable to capture their usual prey, will attack humans.

This powerful cat has no predators other than man. It has suffered drastically from being hunted as a trophy, for its strikingly beautiful skin and for many of its body parts, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Three of the original eight sub-species are now extinct and the others threatened. The Siberian or Amur tiger, the largest sub-species, is the most at risk. Only about 400 remain in the wild and, despite the protection afforded by international treaties, the WWF protection group reported three Amur tigers killed by poachers in December 2003.

The tiger's famous stripe patterns are unique: like human fingerprints, no two are the same.

Tigers are solitary rather than pack animals. The usual social group is a female and her young, who stay together until the cubs are ready to establish their own territory, at around 24-30 months.

Tigers hunt alone. One bite from their exceptionally powerful jaws is usually fatal.
Lion

The 'King of Beasts' (Panthera leo) has symbolized strength, power and courage in many civilizations through the ages. Its image has been used by companies to denote grandeur (such as the famous roaring lion which introduces MGM films) and to imply dependability (like the little lion logos stamped on British eggs). Countless warriors have had their lionheartedness emphasized on their epitaphs.

The impressive mane of the male lion takes 5-7 years to grow in full length and the fuller and darker it is, the more appeal it has for the female. This macho attire has its disadvantages, though: a large-maned, fully grown male is too slow and conspicuous to hunt. Fortunately, the pride females co-operate to hunt for him and his offspring, some chasing their prey towards others lying in wait. After the kill the females allow the males to eat their fill before they take their turn, although there is often a great deal of snarling and snapping at mealtimes. A full-grown lion can consume up to 18kg of meat at one sitting and might not eat again for two or three days.

A group or pride of lions has a core of related females and their cubs. The adults males, usually no more than three, will come and go over the years. Male cubs are ejected from the pride when they are about three years old and often form coalitions with one or two other males. When the members of this group are 5-7 years old they seek out a pride to take over. This usually happens when the existing pride leader is old or sick or simply outnumbered by the invaders. The takeover is swift and brutal: not only is the old leader killed but so too are any suckling young of his. The newcomers want to spread their genes and cannot do so if the females are bringing up another lion's cubs. In their turn the new leaders will last about two years before being deposed.

Lions are on the decrease due to disease and persecution by farmers. On average a lion eats one cow or three sheep per year and it is cheaper to shoot or poison the predators than it is to put up effective fencing. The cattle they consume are infecting lions with bovine TB and, worst of all, thousands are dying from an Aids-like condition, their immune systems destroyed by lentivirus, an auto-immune virus also known as FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus). One estimate has put lion numbers at just 23,000, down from 230,000 in the 1980s - and some pessimistic assessments put numbers even lower than that.
Cheetah

The fastest land mammal in the world, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) has many adaptations that allow it to sprint across the plains. Its rangy frame supports long limbs and a deep chest cavity, and this species has a small waist and an extremely flexible spine. Unlike other cats, the cheetah has claws that are not fully retractable, enabling it to grip the ground when in a hunting sprint. The large nostrils allow greater amounts of air to enter the lungs, and the tail is particularly long to provide extra balance when cornering.

The common name of this species is derived from the Hindi word chita meaning ‘spotted’ or ‘sprinkled’. The coat of the cheetah is a yellowish, tan or tawny colour with black spots on the upperparts, and a paler, whitish colour on the underparts. The last third of the tail has a series of black rings. The small head has high-set eyes and small, flattened ears, and is instantly recognisable by the black ‘tear lines’ running from the corners of the eyes to the muzzle. Cheetah cubs have a mane of tufty pale hair which sticks upright on the back of their neck.

Genetic colour morphs with large, blotchy markings that can merge into stripes occasionally appear in the population. These morphs are known as ‘king’ cheetahs, and were once considered to be a distinct species.
Iberian Lynx

The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is the world's most threatened species of cat, and is currently teetering on the brink of extinction. A medium-sized species, it is smaller than the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), with which it shares a characteristically bobbed tail, spotted coat, muscular body and long legs. The relatively short, coarse fur is bright yellowish-red to tawny in colour, overlaid with brown or black spots, and the underparts are white. The male Iberian lynx is larger than the female, and both possess prominent whiskers on the face and long, erect tufts of black hair on the tips of the ears.
Clouded Leopard

The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is named after the distinctive 'clouds' on its coat - ellipses partially edged in black, with the insides a darker colour than the background colour of the pelt. Previously considered to be a single species, the clouded leopard has recently been split into two distinct species, the clouded leopard, Neofelis nebulosa, and Diard’s clouded leopard, Neofelis diardi. Aside from genetic and anatomical differences, this more widely distributed clouded leopard species can be recognised by its lighter, tawny fur and larger cloud-like markings. The limbs and underbelly are marked with large black ovals, and the back of the neck is conspicuously marked with two black bars. The thickly-furred tail is exceptionally long, often equivalent to the body length, and is boldly marked with black rings. Well adapted to forest life, the clouded leopard has stout legs and broad paws which make it excellent at climbing trees and creeping through thick forest. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of clouded leopards is that, in proportion to their body size, they possess the largest canines of all the cats. Indeed, although they are considered to be of an unrelated evolutionary lineage, clouded leopards have independently evolved teeth and jaws that are remarkably similar to the primitive members of the extinct group of sabretoothed cats, such as the eight to ten million year-old, puma-sized Paramachairodus from Europe and Asia.
Bengal Tiger

The **Bengal tiger** (*Panthera tigris tigris*) is the most numerous of the tiger subspecies. By 2011, the total population was estimated at fewer than 2,500 individuals with a decreasing trend. None of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger's range is considered large enough to support an effective population size of 250 adult individuals. Since 2010, it is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. An example of charismatic megafauna, the Bengal tiger is the most familiar tiger subspecies, as well as the largest in the wilderness,ranking with the Caspian and Siberian tigers among the biggest cats that ever lived.
Okapi

t was not until Harry Johnston sent two pieces of skin from the okapi's (*Okapia johnstoni*) rump to London in 1900 that this member of the giraffe family was found to be a new species. Local people had, of course, known of its existence and hunted it for hundreds of years.

Except at mating time the okapi lives a solitary life, spending its time browsing on forest vegetation, using its long black tongue to pull leaves and buds from the trees and occasionally stooping to graze on grass or fungi. Although nowhere near as long as that of a giraffe, the okapi's neck is used to denote dominance or submission depending on how it is carried. Both sexes rub their necks on tree trunks to scent-mark their territories. The young spend their first two months hiding in a nest until they have grown sufficiently to be able to evade predators.
Masai Lion

The **Masai lion** or **East African lion** (*Panthera leo melanochaita*) is a lion population in East Africa.

Formerly, it was recognized as a distinct subspecies under the scientific name *Panthera leo massaica*. The type specimen is described as being from Tanganyika Territory in East Africa.In 2017, the lion populations in Eastern and Southern Africa were subsumed under *P. l. melanochaita*.
Common Genet

The common genet (Genetta genetta) is a long, slender cat-like animal with incredibly soft fur and a tail almost as long as its body. However, this shy, nocturnal creature is seldom seen even in areas where it is common. An excellent climber, the genet also has semi-rectractable claws that allow it to pin down its prey. It leads a solitary life, hunting by stealth, and is considered beneficial in controlling vermin. Like a cat it will kill its victim with a quick bite to the back of the neck. The genet also makes cat-like hisses and meows, particularly when mating.

There are eleven species of genet with regional colour variations including one that is all black.
Canada Lynx

The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a muscular, leggy cat with forelimbs that are slightly shorter than the hind-limbs, lending it a slightly stooped appearance. In common with other lynx species, the triangular ears are tipped with conspicuous tufts of black hair, while the lengthy cheek hair gives the impression of a ruff around the neck, especially over winter. A particularly characteristic feature is the large paws, which spread widely and are covered in long, dense fur, enabling the lynx to run on the surface of deep snow. Although somewhat variable, the long, thick coat is typically buff grey and unmarked. The upperparts may have a grey, frosted appearance in winter, and the undersides are light in colour with mottled dark spots. The tail is stubby and the tip is completely black. There is little geographic variation in size, but males are slightly larger than the females.
Western Spotted Skunk

When a western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis) starts doing handstands it is time to get out of its way. It is about to dowse you with butyl mercaptan - an extremely smelly sulphurous liquid. Other warning postures include tail raising, stamping, hissing, floor scratching and charging and lead to the final pay-off, which it delivers with a swaying movement designed to cover as large an area as possible. Even skunks dislike skunk smell and will not spray anywhere near their dens. Any creature drenched by a skunk forever associates its warning black-and-white markings with a nasty experience.

Skunks eat eggs, young rabbits, fruit, berries, mice, voles, roots, grasshoppers and even scorpions.

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Sudan Cheetah

The Sudan cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) is a cheetah subspecies native to Central and Northeast Africa. It lives grasslands, savannahs, lowlands of the Nile Valley, inland Lake Chad, arid Sahelian and Saharan deserts and steppes. Its population is fragmented in several areas of South Sudan, Ethiopia, Chad, Somalia and the Central African Republic. It is also nearly extinct in Sudan. Other common names are Somali cheetah, Northeast African cheetah or Central African cheetah. The Sudan specimen was first described by the Austrian zoologist Leopold Fitzinger under the scientific name Cynailurus soemmeringii in Bayuda Desert of colonial Sudan in 1855.

Once widespread throughout central to northeast Africa, it was driven to extinction in Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the 1970s, the Sudan cheetah population of the Northeast region was estimated at 1,150 to 4,500 individuals. Since 2002, it is classified as Vulnerable by IUCN, due to low densities, habitat loss and being smuggled from the Horn of Africa to the Middle East, and the Sudan cheetah population has been estimated at fewer than 2,000 cheetahs in the wild. The population is still increasing slowly due to conservation efforts and breeding programs in Europe and the Middle East.

Once thought to be genetically identical to other Sub-Saharan cheetahs, it has been revealed that the Sudan cheetah is a distinct subspecies after being separated from their Southern African relative between 16,000 and 72,000 years ago.
Common Warthog

The **warthog** is one of the most distinctive of all wild pigs, the warthog (*Phacochoerus africanus*) is named for the two prominent pairs of large, fleshy protuberances that project from the male’s head. This species possesses relatively long legs for a pig, which support a barrel-shaped body, sparsely covered with dark-brown to blackish hair. The large head is broad at the rear, tapering towards the snout, with two upwardly curved upper tusks, measuring 26 to 64 cm in the male and 15 to 26 cm in the female, projecting from the mouth, along with two shorter, sharper lower tusks. A white fringe of hair runs along a ridge-like fold of skin on the cheek, while a long dark mane extends from the nape of the neck to the middle of the back, where there is a gap, before continuing to the rump. A characteristic feature of the warthog is that when running, the tail is held straight and upright. This species is highly vocal, producing a range of grunts, growls, snorts and squeals, which serve functions such as greetings, maintaining contact and threat displays
Leopard Cat

The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is the most frequently recorded small cat across most of its range. Leopard cats are able to swim well and have even colonised offshore islands throughout their range. Commercial exploitation of the leopard cat has been heavy with thousands of skins exported from China in the 1980's.
Brown Hyena

Brown hyenas (Hyaena brunnea) can be distinguished from other hyena species by their long shaggy coat and pointy ears. The brown hyena is a solitary scavenger and will travel long distances of up to 35 kilometres each night, in search of food. Brown hyenas have incredibly strong teeth and jaws, enabling them to crush bones and release the nutritious marrow inside. With an exceptional sense of smell, the brown hyena can find carcasses that are several kilometres away.
Cougar

mountain lion is the usual subject of those regular reports of mysterious big cats seen in australian outback and farmland, terrifying koalas and killing livestock. Victims of a puma attack would be unlikely to live to tell the tale, however, as this cat is a supreme and stealthy hunter, which can deliver instant death with a bite through the neck. An 18-year-old jogger was killed in an attack in 1991 in Idaho Springs, Colorado and many more deaths occur in South greenpatch Once widespread in the United States, west the puma was driven into more inhospitable regions by humans. It eats everything from insects and small birds to domestic cattle and moose.

A human puma from Kemono Friends
Arctic Fox

All foxes are renowned for their cunning and the arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is no exception. In this harsh environment with scarce prey, it will follow the polar bear's footprints in the snow in the hope of scavenging from a seal carcass. If unsuccessful it will use its keen senses of sight and smell to hunt for smaller mammals, eggs or berries. Occasionally it will sniff out a newly born seal pup and dig down to its lair.

The thick fur of the arctic fox traps air and provides excellent insulation, allowing it to doze unharmed in the snow for an hour or so at temperatures as low as -50 Celsius. (-58 Fahrenheit). Even the undersides of its paws are covered with fur and when severe winds blow relentlessly across this barren landscape, the arctic fox uses its furry paws to dig a den several feet deep in the snow.
Asian Elephant

The Asian elephant (*Elephas maximus*) are smaller than their African savannah relatives (*Loxodonta africana*) and have many other physical features that distinguish them. The ears are smaller and the back is more rounded so that the crown of the head is the highest point of the body. One of the characteristic features of an elephant are the modified incisor teeth which are known as tusks, however, only some male Asian elephants have tusks, whilst females (cows) have 'tushes' instead, that are seldom visible. Elephants support their stocky body on stout, pillar-like legs, and the nose and upper lip are joined and elongated into a trunk. The trunk provides a wide variety of functions from feeding, vocalization, bathing, and fighting; those of the Asian elephant have only a single finger-like process on the base, whilst the African elephant has two. The thick, wrinkly skin covering the body is a greyish-brown color and very dry. Asian elephants are very important in the religious and cultural history of the region in which they live. Asian elephants eat up to 150kg of food and defecate up to 18 times a day.

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Diard's Clouded Leopard

Previously considered to be a subspecies of the clouded leopard, Diard’s clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) has recently been recognised as a distinct species. Aside from genetic and anatomical differences, Diard’s clouded leopard can be recognised by its darker, grey or greyish-yellow fur and smaller cloud-like markings. These markings, from which the common name is derived, comprise ellipses partially edged in black, with the insides a darker colour than the background colour of the pelt. The limbs and underbelly are marked with large black ovals, and the back of the neck is conspicuously marked with two black bars. The thickly-furred tail is exceptionally long, often equivalent to the body length, and is boldly marked with black rings. Well adapted to forest life, Diard’s clouded leopard has stout legs and broad paws, which make it excellent at climbing trees and creeping through thick forest. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of clouded leopards is that, in proportion to their body size, they possess the largest canines of all the cats and Diard’s clouded leopard has, on average, even larger and more knife-like canines than Neofelis nebulosa. Indeed, although they are considered to be of an unrelated evolutionary lineage, clouded leopards have independently evolved teeth and jaws that are remarkably similar to the primitive members of the extinct group of sabretoothed cats, such as the 8-10 million year-old, puma-sized Paramachairodus from Europe and Asia.
Wildcat

The wild ancestor of the domestic cat, the wildcat (*Felis silvestris*) bears a striking resemblance to its tame relatives. In fact, domesticated cats have undergone few changes since their ancestral split from the wildcat, causing problems in distinguishing this species and its many different subspecies. The wildcat is hugely variable in appearance across its large range and, consequently, it has been the subject of much taxonomic debate. However, there is currently thought to be at least five different subspecies: the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), the African wildcat (F. s. lybica), the Southern African wildcat (F. s. cafra), the Asian wildcat (F. s. ornata), and the Chinese alpine steppe cat (F. s. biete). The domestic cat is sometimes considered an additional subspecies with the name Felis silvestris catus.

Displaying the appearance of an oversized, muscular tabby, the European wildcat has a long, thick coat, broad head, and comparatively flat face. It is rather compact, with short legs, wide set ears and a tail that usually exceeds just half of its head and body length. The attractive coat has well-defined dark stripes on the head, neck, limbs and along the back, while the thick, blunt-ended tail is marked with dark rings and a black tip. The Scottish wildcat, occasionally referred to as Felis silvestris grampia, is the largest and heaviest built of all the wildcat populations.

The African wildcat is slenderer with a long tail and longer legs than the other subspecies. The high shoulder blades give it a distinctive walk, similar to that of a cheetah, and it adopts a near vertical posture when sitting. The coat of the African wildcat is extremely variable, ranging from grey to red, often with dense spotting that forms bars or stripes. However, a characteristic rich red-brown on the back of the ears is retained. Generally, paler forms live in drier habitats and darker, more heavily spotted and striped forms occur in humid, forested areas.

The Southern African wildcat has only recently been recognised as a separate subspecies, as it was formerly considered conspecific with the African wildcat. It is extremely similar in appearance to this near relative.

The Asian wildcat is normally a pale yellow colour, although it is often reddish or yellowish-grey, and is marked with small spots that tend to form vertical lines down the trunk and flanks. The coat tends to be short, but this varies both with age and location. The tail has a short black tip, and a small tuft of hair grows from the tip of each ear.

The Chinese alpine steppe cat, the least-known of all wildcat subspecies, is uniformly pale yellow-grey, with longer, dark brown guard hairs. Faint dark stripes may run along the outside of the short limbs, along with two distinct stripes on each cheek, above and below the eye. The backs of the ears are yellow-grey, with dark brown ear tufts. Three or four rings encircle the end of the fairly short, black-tipped tail.
Northern Raccoon

The Latin name *lotor* means 'the washer', as the raccoon (Procyon lotor) has been seen apparently washing its food before eating. This is instinctive mimicry, a need to replicate catching aquatic prey. The raccoon is omnivorous, with a penchant for fruit and nuts. In agricultural areas corn is a favourite meal but the raccoon is a pest to farmers, damaging more than it can eat.

During the day, or in bad weather, the raccoon sleeps in its den, which might be a hollow tree or a crevice between rocks, emerging at dusk to forage for food. It is not unknown for the raccoon to take over a crow or magpie nest 3.9-4.8m above ground.

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A human northern raccoon from Kemono Friends
Badger

An unobtrusive, nocturnal animal, the badger (Meles meles) is most often seen as roadkill. In Great Britain alone it is estimated that 50,000 badgers die on the roads every year.

Badgers have been hunted, baited and persecuted over much of Europe for hundreds of years, not least because they are believed to spread bovine TB in cattle.

Mating takes place at any time of the year as the badger uses delayed implantation of the fertilized eggs to ensure the young are born in late winter or early spring. A litter of one to six blind and helpless young are born in separate nesting chambers within the badger's complex burrow, known as a sett. The badger is a social animal living in family groups with up to a dozen members and can sometimes be seen romping playfully with the rest of the clan.
Aree!

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Aree! is an arrowhawk, native to the Elemental Plane of Air. She is the mother of several arrowhawk chicks and helped the Riftwatchers when they fought an elemental in the ruined cathedral on the Plane of Air. Later, after befriending Mir, she replaced the old feather in Mir's Captain's Hat with new one of her own, and offered her assistance in the future.
Der große Tanz

**Der große Tanz** ist die siebte Folge der dreiunddreißigsten Staffel vom Großstadtrevier.

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Die 17-jährige Michelle ist ein typischer Teenager: rebellisch, unsicher, verliebt. Ihre Flucht aus dem Alltag ist Tanzen zu hartem Hip Hop, bei dem sie alles rauslassen kann. Ihre Mutter Susanne darf davon allerdings nichts wissen. Sie will alles hinter sich lassen, was mit dem alten, schwierigen Leben auf der Veddel zusammenhängt, jetzt, da ihr neuer Mann Richter und wohlhabend ist.

Als Lukas Petersen und Jessy Jahnke Michelle bei einem versuchten Raubüberfall erwischen, glaubt Susanne ihre Tochter fast verloren. Denn es war nicht ihr erster Überfall. Nur Jessy spürt, dass etwas oder jemand anderes dahinterstecken muss. Sie glaubt, dass Gangster-Rapper Faoud die Schülerin erpresst.

Um ein deutlich älteres Sorgenkind müssen sich Harry Möller und Piet Wellbrook kümmern: Zacharias "Zappa" Martens war früher Musiker, sogar in einer Vorband der Beatles. Er hat auf dem Kiez einen Gitarrenladen, in dem Piet früher mal gejobbt hat. Zappas Leben ist Rock ‘n Roll – in jeder Hinsicht. Als er volltrunken und zusammengeschlagen in der Wache abgeliefert wird, sorgen die Geister der Vergangenheit in Piets Kopf für große Unruhe.

## Darsteller

### Hauptdarsteller

* Jan Fedder als Dirk Matthies
* Patrick Abozen als Lukas Petersen
* Farina Flebbe als Jessy Jahnke
* Maria Ketikidou als Harry Möller
* Peter Fieseler als Piet Wellbrook
* Saskia Fischer als Frau Küppers
* Marc Zwinz als Hannes Krabbe
* Sven Fricke als Daniel Schirmer

### Nebendarsteller

* Valerie Stoll als Michelle Schlüter
* Claudia Mehnert als Susanne Schlüter
* Levin Liam als Rafael Schlüter
* Mohamed Issa als Fouad
* Winfried Glatzeder als Zacharias Martens
* Timon Ballenberger als Kristian
* Sascha Tschorn als Ferdinand Peschel

## Galerie

Jessy Jahnke und Lukas Petersen befragen Michelles Mutter Susanne Schlüter.Susanne Schlüter hat keinen Zugang mehr zu ihrer rebellischen Tochter.Lukas Petersen und Jessy Jahnke haben Michelle bei einem versuchten Raubüberfall erwischt.Wird Michelle von dem Gangsta-Rapper Fouad erpresst?Als Piet Wellbrook Zacharias "Zappa" Martens volltrunken und zusammengeschlagen in seinem Gitarrenladen auf dem Kiez befindet, suchen ihn die Geister der Vergangenheit heim.Ferdinand Peschel fordert die Schulden von Zacharias "Zappa" Martens beim wiederholten Anlauf mit Gewalt ein.500. gemeinsame Schicht - ein Grund zum Feiern für Hannes Krabbe und Daniel Schirmer.
Drei Tage

**Drei Tage** ist die fünfzehnte Folge der zweiundzwanzigsten Staffel vom Großstadtrevier.

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Eine Postkarte, ohne Briefmarke, dafür aber mit einer Morddrohung an Dirk Matthies wird im 14. Revier sehr ernst genommen. Wer könnte den Revierchef so sehr hassen? Und warum soll Dirk ausgerechnet am 17. Mai sterben? Die Beamten stoßen auf einen Banküberfall, der schon Jahre zurückliegt. Damals wurde ein Bankräuber getötet und es kursierte das Gerücht, Dirk Matthies habe ihn erschossen. Will sich etwa sein Komplize Freddy Bischof rächen? Und was hat dessen Frau Mara mit der Morddrohung zu tun?

Derweil meldet eine Nachbarin, dass vor vier Wochen eine junge Frau eine Wohnung gegenüber der Wache gemietet und für zwei Monate im Voraus bezahlt habe, aber bislang nicht eingezogen sei. "Alles keine Straftat!" wimmelt Lothar Krüger die alte Dame ab. Aber als Dirk nach dem Einbruch in ein Waffengeschäft auf dem Film der Überwachungskamera den alten Bekannten Olli Schwacke identifiziert und von dem Kleinganoven erfährt, dass dieser einem Unbekannten ein Gewehr mit einem Zielfernrohr verkauft hat, fügen sich die einzelnen Teile des Puzzles zusammen: Hat etwa Freddy Bischof die Wohnung gegenüber dem Revier gemietet, um von dort aus Dirk zu erschießen?

## Darsteller

### Hauptdarsteller

* Jan Fedder als Dirk Matthies
* Peter Heinrich Brix als Lothar Krüger
* Anja Nejarri als Katja Metz
* Sebastian Hölz als Ben Kessler
* Maria Ketikidou als Hariklia "Harry" Möller
* Till Demtröder als Henning Schulz
* Sophie Moser als Nicole Beck

### Nebendarsteller

* Marc Hosemann als Freddy Bischof
* Jana Striebeck als Mara Bischof
* Rudolf Krause als Olli Schwacke

## Galerie

Mara Bischof zeigt ihrem Mann Freddy Fotos von Dirk Matthies, den sie für den Mörder ihres Bruders Robert hält. Sie fordert von ihrem gerade aus der Haft entlassenen Mann, dass er Robert rächt.Mara Bischof will Dirk Matthies am Grab ihres Bruders Robert erschießen. Sie hält Dirk für den Mörder von Robert, der bei einem Banküberfall ums Leben kam.Henning Schulz und Harry Möller beschäftigt ein Einbruch im Waffengeschäft Billerstett. Der Besitzer Hans Georg Billerstett klagt, dass ihm wertvolle Sammlerstücke gestohlen wurden.Henning Schulz und Harry Möller statten dem Waffendieb Olli Schwacke einen Besuch ab.Olli Schwacke fordert von Hans Georg Billerstedt Geld für den fingierten Einbruch. Da greifen Henning Schulz und Harry Möller zu.
Biydia Illud

Biydia Illud (Biydia Point), the Western Port

Biydia Illud (common: Biydia Point) is the largest trading port in Borus. Due to its close proximity to Herntlandt, it is often used by the Dwarven traders making their way from Pröt. In addition, Biydia Illud receives much business from The Collected Communities. There is a great artistic presence here, with the Opera house, as well as the Elven Baths.
Serval

Built for height rather than speed, the serval (*Leptailurus serval*) is a tall, slender cat with the longest legs relative to body size of any cat species. It has a long neck and a narrow face dominated by enormous, oval ears which it uses to scan vegetation for sounds of prey. Black spots, varying in size and shape, pattern its tawny fur and in some instances merge to form stripes on the back and neck. Furthermore, in parts of the serval’s range, all-black forms are fairly common.
Jungle Cat

The jungle cat (*Felis chaus*) is a large, slender wild cat, with long legs and long, close-set, rounded ears which have characteristic small black tufts of hair on the tips. It has a long, slim face with a white muzzle and distinctive white markings above and below the eyes, as well as dark spots in front of the eyes, near the nose.

The reddish, sandy-brown or tawny-grey coat of the jungle cat is usually plain, without any spots or patterns. However, the ends of the black guard hairs give this species a somewhat speckled appearance along its back. The jungle cat may also have several stripes on its legs. The throat is pale cream, with occasional dark or light stripes, and the stomach is lighter then the rest of the body. There are a number of narrow black rings near the tip of the tail. The tail of a jungle cat is smaller than that of a domestic cat, measuring about a third of its head and body length.

Young jungle cats are patterned with stripes and spotted markings from birth, which remain until they are sexually mature. The adult jungle cat may sometimes retain some of these markings, usually as spots or dark stripes on the forelimbs and hind limbs.

Despite its common name, the jungle cat actually occurs in wetland and riparian habitats where there is dense reed vegetation, perhaps making this species’ alternative names of ‘swamp cat’ or ‘reed cat’ more appropriate.
Ocelot

The largest of the small spotted cats, the ocelot (*Leopardus pardalis*) is one of the best known and most common cat species in its range, and also arguably one of the most beautiful. The short, sleek fur varies in colour from tawny yellow, to reddish, to grey, and is marked with both solid black spots and open, dark-centered rosettes, which often run in parallel chains along the side of the body, the typical pattern of the species. The head bears black spots, two black stripes on each cheek, and a prominent white spot on the back of the otherwise black ears. There are also parallel black stripes on the neck, on which, unusually, the fur grows ‘reversed’, slanting forwards. The underparts are white, with one or two black bars on the insides of the legs, while the tail is banded and spotted with black. Each individual ocelot has a unique coat pattern. The female ocelot is roughly one third smaller than the male, but otherwise similar in appearance.

The ocelot is quite a variable species, with around ten subspecies currently recognised. Although very similar to the closely related margay (Leopardus wiedii), the ocelot can be distinguished by its larger size, less plush fur, relatively smaller eyes, and by its shorter tail, which, unlike in the margay, is shorter than the hindleg, and barely touches the ground.
Transvaal Lion

The **Transvaal lion** (*Panthera leo melanochaita*) is a lion population in South Africa. Named after the Transvaal region, it was once considered a distinct subspecies, with the taxomic name *Panthera leo krugeri*. In 2017, lion populations in Southern Africa were subsumed to *Panthera leo melanochaita*.
African Bush Elephant

African bush elephants (*Loxodonta africana*) are great communicators and when they have something to celebrate they let the world know. These intelligent, socially complex creatures have strong family ties and when there is a reunion, a birth or a mating within their group they acknowledge the occasion, spinning around, defecating and urinating in excitement, trumpeting and roaring. Their calls can reach almost 110 decibels and travel 10km with many of the rumbling sounds at such a low pitch they are inaudible to humans. When death occurs, however, they are solemn and touchingly mournful and seem, unlike other animals, to understand what has happened and grieve for their loss. For days after a death a family might stand round the body, touching it gently with their trunks and covering the body with leaves and twigs.

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The Lion King (1994)The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)The Lion King 1½ (2004)The Wild (2006)Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)​​​​​​
Barbary Lion

The **Barbary lion** (*Panthera leo leo*) is the nominate lion subspecies.In North Africa, lions are locally extinct in the wild due to excessive hunting; the last known Barbary lion was killed in Morocco in 1920.Some authors referred to it as the **Berber lion**, and treated the **Egyptian lion** as a population of this subspecies.Since it had inhabited the Atlas Mountains, and was also known as the **Atlas lion**.[6] In addition, Alfred Edward Pease referred to the Barbary lion as the **North African lion**, and claimed that the population had diminished since the mid-19th century, following the diffusion of firearms and bounties for shooting them.The last recorded shooting of a wild Barbary lion took place in Morocco, near Tizi n'Tichka in 1942. Small groups of lions may have survived in Algeria until the early 1960s, and in Morocco until the mid-1960s.

Results of morphological and genetic analyses of lions warrant the designation of lion populations in North, West and northern parts of Central Africa to the subspecies *P. l. leo*, which differ genetically from *P. l. melanochaita* in Eastern and Southern Africa, and parts of Central Africa that are adjacent to the latter two regions.
Jaguar

In American folklore, the Maya revered the jaguar (Panthera onca) as God of the Underworld, believing that it helped the sun to travel under the earth every night so it could rise safely each morning. Many legends are told about the jaguar, partly because it is solitary and elusive and has been studied less than other big cats. Known facts are few. Often living in dense jungle close to water, the jaguar not only hunts its prey on the ground but will take fish or turtles from rivers and seek monkeys in the lower branches of trees.

An estimated 15,000 jaguars remain in their natural habitat and are protected by international agreement. Completely black jaguars are not unusual and, like black leopards, are known as black panthers.
Eurasian Lynx

The largest of the lynxes, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) has powerful legs, with slightly longer hindlimbs adapted for springing. In common with other lynx species, the large ears are adorned with conspicuous black tufts, and the long cheek hair hangs down to form a facial ruff, appearing almost mane-like in winter. The coat is long and extremely dense, especially over the winter, and is more variable in colouration than in any other felid. While the shorter, summer coat tends to be more reddish or brownish in colour, the winter coat may be silver-grey, yellowish-grey, grizzled greyish-brown, ashy blue, or dark grey. The coat pattern is also incredibly variable, with some individuals having highly visible black spots, sometimes coalescing into narrow stripes, while others have almost no spots. The underparts are usually white, and the short stubby tail is tipped with black. Over winter, the large paws are covered in long, dense, shaggy hair that provides a snowshoe effect when moving through deep snow.