Pallas's cat
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) is also called the manul. It is a small wild cat with a very wide distribution in the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Otocolobus Brandt, 1841 |
| Species: | O. manul[1]
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| Otocolobus manul[1] (Pallas, 1776)
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It is affected by its habitat getting smaller by being destroyed, with fewer prey, and is also hunted by poachers. It is classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[2]
Pallas's cat was first described in 1776 by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas.[3][4]
Pallas's Cat Media
The Pallas's cat inhabits rocky slopes in the Koh-i-Baba Range of the Hindu Kush.
The species inhabits grassland on the Ukuk Plateau.
The Pallas's cat occurs in alpine pastures of the upper Marshyangdi river valley in the central Himalayas.
Otocolobus manul
Pallas's cat kittens in Parken Zoo
Pallas's cat on the Russian Federation two-ruble coin, silver, reverse.
References
- ↑ Wozencraft, W. C.. Mammal Species of the World (2005)Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ross, S.. 'Otocolobus manul'. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 (2016)IUCN. p. e.T15640A87840229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T15640A87840229.en.
- ↑ Pallas, P. S.. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs in einem ausführlichen Auszuge. Volume 3 (1776). Frankfurt und Leipzig: J. G. Fleischer. p. 692.
- ↑ Pallas, P. S.. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium Animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicillia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. Volume 1 (1811). Petropoli: Officina Caes. Acadamiae scientiarum. p. 20–23.