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.
| Pallas's cat | |
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| File:Manoel.jpg | |
| Manul at Rotterdam Zoo | |
| Conservation status | |
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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| Binomial name | |
| Otocolobus manul[1] (Pallas, 1776)
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| File:Manul distribution.jpg | |
| Distribution of Pallas's cat in 2016[2] | |
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.
- 2018-Manul01.jpg
Otocolobus manul
- Manul kittens.jpg
Pallas's cat kittens in Parken Zoo
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Pallas's cat on the Russian Federation two-ruble coin, silver, reverse.
References
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