"Every domestic cat around the globe can be traced back to one of five African feral cats"
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African feral cats are a subspecies of feral cats that appear to have branched out from another subspecies 131,000 years ago, and some feral cats were domesticated in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, and these feral cats became the ancestors of domestic cats. As early as 9,500 years ago in Cyprus, a domestic cat was released into a human cemetery for burial.
Therefore, the history of human cat ownership is also very long, especially in Africa.
African wildcats range from sand-brown to yellowish-grey with black stripes on their tails. The head and torso are 45 to 75 cm long, the tail is 20 to 38 cm long, and the volume is 3 to 6.5 kg. These data suggest that African wildcats are not very large, even much smaller than many breeds of cats today. The appearance can refer to the current Tanuki cat, but the African wildcat has a more diverse coat color and a more unique and diverse pattern.
Tanuki cat
African wildcats are found in Africa and the Middle East, and their habitats are diverse, including grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Thus African feral cats usually live and give birth in burrows or burrows.
The gestation period of African feral cats ranges from 56 to 69 days, and a litter can give birth to 2 to 6 kittens, most of which are 3. Newborn kittens cannot see and must be fully cared for by their mothers. Most kittens are born during the rainy season, when there is plenty of food.
African wildcats predominantly eat rats and other small mammals, and sometimes birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects. The hunting method of the feral cat is to slowly approach the prey, and when it reaches about a meter away from the prey, it will attack.
African wildcats hunting birds
On the African continent, all kinds of creatures live according to the laws of nature. The transformation of life blooms vividly on the grasslands of the African continent. Felines stand at the top of the food chain in this extremely cruel and free world, and their style is frightening and shocking.
The robustness of the male lion and the robustness of the cheetah are both wild cognitions that poke into the human brain, and the African wildcat continues the legend of life with a petite and fierce wild nature on this continent.