Oct 31, 2012

我的鄰居是石虎 Leopard cat is my neighbor!

 要喝奶奶了嗎?  肚子餓餓。 I want milk! 圖/野生動物急救站

Leopard cat is my neighbor. He is so shy that we seldom see him wondering in our neighborhood. From time to time, his slender figure moves quietly with elegance in woods outside our village. Some people call him "cat", a name that he doesn't accept. "Have you ever seen a cat that has white ears and eye shadow?", he mutters. 
最近認識了一個新鄰居。害羞的牠總是獨來獨往,瘦長的身體穿梭在村莊外圍的樹林裡。有時,我們會叫錯名字,把牠誤認為她的親戚---總是愛在沙發上打盹的家貓。牠聽了也只是從鼻孔輕輕地哼一聲。「看看我我這充滿神祕感的白眼影、白絨絨的耳背、貴氣的錢幣斑紋、修長的體態。那些家貓、野貓有嗎???
                                  圖/特有生物中心
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       雖然到現在還沒有跟牠打過照面,還是很驕傲能夠與這般優雅的獨行者為鄰。





        媽咪在哪裡?   我要媽咪啦!!!    Where is Mommy?   圖/野生動物急救站
       


 Prionailurus bengalensis chinensis Gray
 
50 65 27 29.9  
 
資料來源: 行政院農委會特有生物研究保育中心  http://tesri.tesri.gov.tw/view.php?catid=1200

Leopard cats are slightly bigger that domestic cats, especially their slender bogy and longer legs. There are two dark stripes running from the eyes to the ears, and smaller white streaks running from the eyes to the nose. The backs of their moderately long and rounded ears are black with a central white spot.Body and limbs are marked with black spots of varying size and color, and along the back are two to four rows of elongated spots. The leopard cat's name is derived from the leopard-like spots prevalent in all subspecies, but its relation to the leopard is distant.

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