Talk:Jungle cat

Picture
Please give picture.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivacissamamente (talk • contribs) 22:19, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Not related to lynx?
Excuse me? Hell, I'm related to a lynx. They are a distant species from humans but we are all still related. The damned thing is more related than I. Unless you want to suggest that they are aliens or something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatarize (talk • contribs) 03:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Means they are not a sister species under the same genus name. Asheekay (talk) 15:36, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Reverts on the range
The paper used as a source for some unexplained reason uses a medieval French term to define a part of the extreme-westerly distribution of the sub-species, adding two countries and a proposed one in brackets. The scientific thing to do would have been to define it in geographical, and ecological terms since the species is far more dependent on these than political borders. Sadly though there is no article for the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea which would have described the ecology of the strip that spans the terrain between the Negev dessert, the coastal valleys of southern Anatolia, and the Syrian and Sinai desert that isolates these coastal-dwelling sub-species from the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile valley populations Koakhtzvigad (talk) 05:58, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Subspecies
Felis chaus maimanah is not subspecies. Read Haltenorth 1953 Die Wildkatzen der Alten Welt and Haltenorth 1957 Die Wildkatze. Zukowski, 1915 is failed. And http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=726311 Here again do not write truthfully. Because "maimanah" is local form of the subspecies Felis silvestris caudata not Felis chaus. If you already. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bagheera baghira (talk • contribs) 11:35, 2 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Since you keep on insisting that maimanah is not a valid and recognized subspecies of Felis chaus : see this link, which is also clearly referenced in the article, right before the list. What Haltenorth (1953 and 1957) wrote about Felis silvestris is irrelevant for this article about Felis chaus. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 16:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Felis chaus maimanah (Zukowsky, 1914) - was first described from Maimanah in northern Afghanistan and inhabits the region south of the Amu Darya River.

Its not subspecies of jungle cat; but hybrid between wildcat and jungle cat. Handbook of the Mammals of the World Volume 1 - Carnivores no mention of "maimanah" a subspecies of jungle cat. It is there that it was not even feel it. If you already. It is a hybrid show that the work of Reginald Innes Pocock 1951. He himself says that "maimanah" are not is a subspecies of jungle cat in the true sense. Because it is the area where the encounter with a wildcat and jungle cat. And the reason is simple, it can not be excluded. It can only disprove a thorough analysis of molecular DNA. Are very clearly shows that neither international community of zoologists; is not completely infallible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.91.15.80 (talk) 15:21, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Hybrids
FTA: Cat breeders have been able to hybridize jungle cats with certain domestic cats, producing such breeds as the "chausie" (Jungle Cat x domestic cat) and the "jungle bob" (Jungle Cat x Pixie Bob). Pixie-bob is a kind of domestic cat, this is confusing.

Felis chaus maimanah (Zukowsky, 1914) - was first described from Maimanah in northern Afghanistan and inhabits the region south of the Amu Darya River.

Its not subspecies of jungle cat; but hybrid between wildcat and jungle cat. Handbook of the Mammals of the World Volume 1 - Carnivores no mention of "maimanah" a subspecies of jungle cat. It is there that it was not even feel it. If you already. It is a hybrid show that the work of Reginald Innes Pocock 1951. He himself says that "maimanah" are not is a subspecies of jungle cat in the true sense. Because it is the area where the encounter with a wildcat and jungle cat. And the reason is simple, it can not be excluded. It can only disprove a thorough analysis of molecular DNA. Are very clearly shows that neither international community of zoologists; is not completely infallible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.91.15.80 (talk) 15:24, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Sentence needs work
the fifth sentence in the characteristics section seems to be lacking something: "Due to the long legs and short tail, and the fact that the, this cat resembles a small lynx." 'and the fact that the...what? the fact that the ears are tufted? will seeif i can find a reference and clean this up...cheersRuraltexas (talk) 05:49, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

climbing downward
It is not the relative size of the claws that make it difficult for the domestic cat to climb down. It is their inability to rotate their legs. Cat are hooked, they are not straight. Thus facing up the claws dig in, while facing down they do not.

I have no doubt that the jungle cat can climb down face first. I have seen domestic cats do this. I do seriously doubt it can climb down as easily as up, since I know of NO cat species that can rotate their back legs to do this. They may find it easier to get down because of the front claws than the domestic cat but still not as easy as climbing up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.121.253.98 (talk) 13:53, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Forest Cat???
"The jungle cat's main competitors are the jackal and forest cat."

What exactly is a "forest cat"? I tried a google search (since there's no article with this title on wikipedia) and found nothing meaningful. The quoted sentence is the first line of the 3rd paragraph under Ecology and behavior section and is a very ambiguous and misleading sentence. Asheekay (talk) 15:42, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe that's the wildcat. I added links and a redirect. I came to that conclusion from "Specific_name_(zoology)". - UtherSRG (talk) 16:04, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

I removed the 'forest' cat because jungle cat and the forest-using European wildcat do not co-occur. Lets have a look what Geptner wrote and which species he meant. (Not Amur leopard cat for sure.) -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:48, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Domestication
Although not really domesticated (and the article states that they are not domesticated), I should note that jungle cats can and have been kept at home at least as young animals. Several of the pictures in this article are of a jungle cat that was raised as a kitten by a domestic cat foster mother. I add here a picture of the same jungle cat sleeping with the smaller foster mother. Shyamal (talk) 14:39, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it is beautiful on a day like this. Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 14:59, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Question.
Where is the source that snakes dholes, raptors, Jackals, and fishing cats, prey on Jungle cats? Jungle cats weigh as much as a medium sized dog. 47.197.29.147 (talk) 03:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The sources are stated in the article. Anaxial (talk) 04:53, 21 September 2023 (UTC)