Felis chaus chaus

Common jungle cat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felis
Species: F. chaus
Subspecies: F. c. chaus
Trinomial name
Felis chaus chaus
Schreber, 1777

The common jungle cat (Felis chaus chaus) is the nominate subspecies of the jungle cat.

Breeding

Jungle cats tend to breed the most when they're confined. The period in which Felis chaus chaus breeds the most is from December to April, which typically takes place in rice fields. On average the Felis chaus chaus litter consisted around 3 kittens. Usually the female jungle cat (Felis chaus chaus), can reproduce two litters, however, there needs to be a gap in between each birth. The gap needs to be at least 93–131 days long. Usually the female gestation period, or the period in which it can carry a baby in its womb, is around 64–66 days. When the kitten gets finally born, it's usually around 150-161 grams, which is about the weight of 2/3 cup of apple sauce or 30 nickels. When it comes to who is taking care of the kittens, the males usually don't participate and the females do everything to take care of their infants.However, after the female gives birth, it gains complete control over the male. A baby kitten can't open its eyes until 11–13 days after birth and it takes them around 49 days to be able to eat solid food.[1]

Diet

Jungle cats are well adapted to irrigated cultivation and have been observed in many different types of agricultural and forest plantations throughout their range. The common jungle cat (Felis chaus chaus), is primarily carnivore and its diet consists of over eighty percent mammals. It is said that they consume more rodents due to their nocturnal habits. Their diets also consist of birds, such as doves.[2]

Further reading

[3]

Gershony, L; Penedo, M; Davis, B (December 2014). "Who's behind that mask and cape? The Asian leopard cat's Agouti (ASIP) allele likely affects coat colour phenotype in the Bengal cat breed". Animal Science. 45 (6): 893–897. doi:10.1111/age.12206. Retrieved 30 April 2015. 

Mukherjee, Shomita; Groves, Colin (September 2007). "Geographic variation in jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) body size: is competition responsible?". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 92 (1): 163–172. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00838.x. 

References

  1. ↑ Schauenberg, P. "Reproduction in the Jungle Cat Felis-chaus". Web of Knowledge. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Majumder, Aniruddha; Sankar, K.; Qureshi, Qamar (November 26, 2011). "Food habits and temporal activity patterns of the Golden Jackal Canis aureus and the Jungle Cat Felis chaus in Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa(2011). 3 (11): 2221–2225. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Duckworth, J. W.; Poole, C. M.; Tizard, R. J (2005). "The Jungle Cat Felis chaus in Indochina: a threatened population of a widespread and adaptable species". Biodiversity and Conservation. 14 (5): 1263–1280. doi:10.1007/s10531-004-1653-4.
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