Species Information and its status as a threatened species under the U.S. endangered Species Act. (cats)! Wild To Mild the cat from wild, exotic felines to America's number one pet. http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/catsinfo.html
Extractions: There are 36 species of wild cats. In early March 1996 the Felid TAG (Taxonomic Advisory Group) had a conference. At this meeting a revised felid taxonomy was officially agreed to. As you may have noticed in the past, many different books gave different taxonomies - for example, the snow leopard being in 'panthera' or 'uncia', all small cats being 'felis' vs many different small cat genera, etc. The new taxonomy agreed to basically divides the former Felis and Panthera groups into 13 and 4 genera respectively, for a total of 18 genera (13 in the Felidae subfamily, 4 in the Pantherinae subfamily, and 1 in the Acinonychinae subfamily). There are still 36 species (the Iriomote cat is officially a subspecies of Leopard cat, and the Canadian, Eurasian, and Iberian Lynxes are officially different species, not subspecies). Most species are further divided into subspecies, based on physical distinction and/or geographic separation. I have only gone into detail about the leopard subspecies, as these groupings are fairly well agreed upon. Most cat species' subspeciation is a topic of debate. Separate pages for some of the species below describes their IUCN (World Conservation Union) Red List status. The Red List takes into account overall world-wide populations, so even if a cat is endangered in one country or state, as a species it may not be listed as endangered. The six categories are: Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, Least Concern, and Data Deficient. (Information taken from the Autumn 1995
Extractions: Art by Barb Keith Great Cats is an international affiliation promoting and creating public awareness for the long term needs of the Great Cats. Rescue support for the wild cats is standardized and available through Great Cats in Crisis and it's International Wildlife Sanctuaries. Each site serves as a nature base learning and observation site representing and teaching the stewardship needed. At these Living Resorts we provide the needed assurance for the long-term survival of exotic and wild felines that are endangered or threatened with extinction. The purpose of Great Cats in Crisis is the development of these Living Resorts for all great cats that have been caught in crisis. Great Cats is "
Big Cats - Endangered Felines - Page 2 Of 2 Big (cats) endangered felines Guide picks. North America. It is relatedto the severely threatened Florida Panther. Sierra endangered http://cats.about.com/cs/bigcats/index_2.htm
Big Cats - Endangered Felines - Page 2 Of 2 These resources are all about the conservation of big (cats) in the wild, throughout the world. It is related to the severely threatened Florida Panther. Sierra endangered Cat Haven http://www.cats.about.com/cs/bigcats/index_2.htm
CAT-TITUDES -- Meet The World's Wild Cats! The magnificent Florida Panther is one of the world's most severely endangered species.These sites provide information about this stunning cat and its relationship to life in Southern Florida. Behavioral Issues. endangered felines. Books. Breeds. Artists. Kitty Cams to 50 of these big (cats) are known to exist. the Florida Panther and other endangered and threatened species. http://home.att.net/~TheThunderCats/ko00005.html
Extractions: "Make endangered species a vivid presence in the lives of people. Make it clear that every endangered species has a name, has a million-year history, has a place in the world. Bring us face to face with each one of those species. Make us know that they are our companions in the biosphere . . ." - Edward O. Wilson, Naturalist Now meet all of the major Species of the Felid Family. . . When you see the Lynx, you can click it to learn more. THE AFRICAN GOLDEN CAT
Cats -- Supplies (cats) don't discriminate; they aren't particularly politically correct about dining on endangered or threatened birds. warning, many crafty felines learn how to http://promise.ecol.net/pets/supplies.htm
Extractions: Cat Supplies Collar Harness Beds Carriers A flat collar is the law in some communities. Even indoor cats should have a collar with its rabies tag and identification, which should include the animal's name and the owner's name and phone number. Collars for outdoor cats may have a bell. The tinkle is meant to warn birds. (Cats who digest diseased birds may themselves become ill. Moreover, cats don't discriminate; they aren't particularly politically correct about dining on endangered or threatened birds. While the bell may offer birds an effective warning, many crafty felines learn how to hunt despite their ringing handicap.) The safest way for a cat to explore the outdoors is at the end of a harness. Keep in mind that some outdoor plants may be toxic to cats. Most cats learn to tolerate the confinement of such harnesses; begin training gradually indoors before going out into the world. There are all sorts of cat beds available at pet stores and through catalogs. Owners often get frustrated after spending big bucks on a fancy bed they then can't convince their tabby to use. Try to encourage these stubborn cats by placing toys near the bed, and lacing the "linen" with catnip. Location is also important; perhaps placing the bed near a favorite window will help. For some cats, placing the bed in a quiet retreat away from a window is preferable. Ultimately, the decision will be your cat's. Some cats learn to behave when traveling in the car, particularly if they are exposed to this means of transport early in life. But these well-traveled felines are the exception. Imagine, just as you're about to put your foot on the brake, you hear "Rrahhh!" Instead of pushing on the break, you push on the cat. This is why most cats need to be restrained inside a carrier when traveling in the car.
Great Cats Of Texas, A Living Resort While larger exotic (cats) will also be featured, the site will share some of naturesrarest and most endangered and threatened felines originally found within http://www.greatcatsoftexas.org/index1.html
Extractions: All About Great Cats of Texas, A Living Resort G reat Cats of Texas is a division of Tiger Missing Link Foundation (TMLF). Through the years volunteers of TMLF identified additional needs for rescuing wild cats, teaching people about the environment, and funding wild feline conservation projects. I n January 1999 the Great Cat Vision was formed. Great Cats was founded March 15th 2001 and incorporated on August 30th 2001. Great Cats of Texas is being developed on a section of 19.8 acres of land as the nations first "Living Resort". The Living Resort will be located behind Great Cat Resorts T he site will represent a complete historical perspective of wild felines with an emphasis on tigers. While larger exotic cats will also be featured, the site will share some of natures rarest and most endangered and threatened felines originally found within the Great State of Texas. A few examples of such endangered Texas Felines are the Jaguarundi Ocelots and Jaguars G reat Cats of Texas is affiliated with Great Cats in Crisis, and our sister sites in Nevada, Indiana, Idaho, Guam and South Africa.
Corpus Christi Online - / Kingsville Researchers Get First Look At Thai Cats the tiger touch mission for the endangered felines the survival of threatened and endangered felines. Gerald Aquilina, ways to make exotic felines more attractive as companions view of interaction with exotic felines. That's why http://www.caller.com/autoconv/newslocal99/newslocal1230.html
Bigcats THE BIG (cats)felines AT RISK, The big (cats) of the world (family Felidae) includethe Lion all of these magnificent animals are highly endangered, or threatened http://www.waystation.org/html/bigcats.html
Extractions: Search our Site B IG C ATS THE BIG CATS-FELINES AT RISK The big cats of the world (family Felidae) include the Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar, Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, and Cheetah. With the exception of the African Lion, all of these magnificent animals are highly endangered, or threatened, in the wild. While serious efforts are being made to develop captive breeding programs, to insure the long term survival of these great cats, the success of their survival in the wild is hindered by a complex set of political, economic, and environmental issues. The Lion (Panthera leo) that we often see on African safaris, and in the movies, is the Masai subspecies and is holding its own in the wild, possibly due to its complex social structure. Rather than living alone, as do most other big cats when they are not mating or raising young, the Masai Lion lives in a pride environment headed by a senior adult male lion and includes subadult males, females, and cubs. They hunt cooperatively, raise and protect the cubs as a family, and live on the open grasslands of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem in east Africa, one of the richest wildlife habitats on earth. They follow the millions of migrating wildebeest through this government protected ecosystem and, thus, have an extensive prey base available.With hyena packs, and a limited number of Masai natives as their only serious competitors, they enjoy a combination of positive circumstances which offer them a higher probability of survival.
Natural History Museum: Cats! Wild To Mild: THE MODERN ARK facility dedicated to the preservation of rare and endangered felines. houses a collectionof fifteen endangered or threatened Help Preserve (cats) in the Wild. http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/cats/C22/
Extractions: CATS! WILD TO MILD THE MODERN ARK For some species, the captive (zoo) population may be their only hope for survival. Captive breeding by zoos and other organizations is an important part of conservation and species survival. It has helped us to prevent the extinction of the Przewalski's wild horse, the Arabian oryx, and the California condor and to reintroduce these animals into the wild. Captive-born animals can also be used to supplement wild populations that are endangered. Currently two species of cat are being bred in captivity for reintroduction to the wild: the European lynx and the Florida panther . There are also plans to supplement the population of Russia's Amur leopard , whose population numbers only about thirty-five animals. Planned Parenthood The main obstacle in captive breeding is inbreeding. High levels of inbreeding produce physically abnormal or weakened young. Matings between closely related animals can be avoided if zoos and breeding organizations work together and share their animals. Zoo biologists keep close track of the family trees for each of their cats, and these data are used to develop a Species Survival Plan that ensures that genetic diversity is maximized. In 1985 there were only seventeen North Chinese leopards in North America, sixteen of whom were related. The following illustrates a program designed to breed and maintain this species through the cooperation of North American and European organizations.
The C.A.R.E. Foundation Fact Sheets - Asian Leopard roar can not purr and why (cats) that purr Leopards, like most large felines, are inducedovulators, meaning have been placed on the endangered and threatened http://www.thecarefoundation.org/fctshts/asnlprd.htm
Extractions: The Leopard is the most distributed of all the large felines, once ranging from the northern region and south of the Sahara Desert in Africa, the Sinai Peninsula north to West Caspian through Arabia, Iran, and Afghanistan in the Middle East and throughout India south to Sri Lanka north to North Central China, Far East Russia (Siberia and Korea) and into southeast Asia, including Indochina and the island of Java. The Asian Leopard is considered to be indigenous to the latter regions of the three. The leopard is now gone from most parts of northern Africa, the Sinai Peninsula, Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan and is rare in the western extremities of the Dark Continent. They live primarily in woodlands, forests and savannas. Leopard densities are the most abundant in the tropical forests of Africa that have 50 mm of rainfall annually. The largest population of leopards in Africa is believed to exist in the Congo. The leopard may have a territory in the ranges of 30 sq. km (12 sq. MI) to 80 sq. km (32 sq. MI) for males and 15 sq. km (6 sq. MI) to 38 sq. km (15 sq. MI) for females depending on their food source. In one case, it was recorded, that the range for a male and female, in a mountainous area scattered with farms and a poor prey base was 340 sq. km (136 sq. MI) to 490 sq. km (196 sq. MI)! It is common for the males territory to overlap with many females territory.
Sackets Harbor Library Media Center Science & Health Sites ..information about (cats) from the Zoological Park for endangered felines CELLSalive Digital Dragonflies endangered and threatened Marine Mammals endangered http://www.nc3r.org/shcslmc/science.html
Extractions: : [ Museums Biology [Whales] Chemistry ... Health Museums Museums Biology ... Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards ...from NASA a site that tracks random hits to the Earth by comets and asteroids Astronomy Educational Resources on the Internet Astronomy Picture of the Day ...sponsored by Goddard Space Flight center, features a different photo and brief explanation daily Earth and Moon viewer Eric's Black Sun Eclipse ...eclipses in the future,accounts of eclipse observations,links to other eclipse sites Geometry Around Black Holes Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Mars Project NASA Kennedy Space Center ... Space Calendar ...schedule of satellite launches Space Weather Today ...current photos of the sun and lesson ideas Views of the Solar System What's Up in the Sky? ...from Sky & Telescope, a weekly "Sky at a Glance" feature Windows to the Universe ...information on planets, stars,rockets and astronauts. with a Teacher Resources page
SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Ocelot The ocelot, like most felines, has incredible sight funders to improve the populationof endangered (cats). View threatened and endangered species reports from http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/ocelot4.html
Extractions: Scientific Name: Leopardus pardalis The complexion of the Ocelot's fur is a sort-of peach colored background with many elegant black spots. Its tail has black rings all the way down which resembles the tail of a very shorthaired raccoon. The Ocelot has lines of black around its neck, long whiskers, and ears that have been covered in black. This scheme of dark colors helps the ocelot hide itself in the underbrush. The ocelot, like most felines, has incredible sight capabilities and is nocturnal. The ocelot can see six times as well as the average human. The ocelot has a very widespread, carnivorous diet of animals such as small deer, monkeys, mice, rats, birds, turtles, lizards, rabbits, and other animals smaller than itself. Females are pregnant for about 70 days and usually deliver around two kittens. Mothers are left to take care of their young primarily on their own. Ocelots have a wide range of habitats including jungles, rain forests, bushy areas, and yearly flooded areas, specifically wet areas such as riverbanks and marshlands. These diverse territories range from Argentina to southern Texas. These wet areas are usually chosen because ocelots are great swimmers. The advantage of swimming gives them the upper hand when defending or hunting in their wetland territory.
Endangered Animals Specific endangered Animals, threatened and endangered Animals. Loggerhead Turtle.Big (cats). Tigers Thinkquest Jr. endangered felines. Florida Panther. http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/endangani/default.htm
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SCIENCE Home Page information about (cats) from the Zoological Park for endangered felines;CELLS alive; Digital Dragonflies; endangered and threatened Marine Mammals; http://www.ourlady.org/school/links/science & health.htm
Extractions: 3046 Alta Drive, Las Vegas NV 89107 Tel: (702) 878-6841 Fax: (702) 880-5758 Home About Us Technology Center What's New Contents: [ Museums Biology Chemistry Environmental ... Health Museums Contents: [ Museums Biology Chemistry Environmental ... Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards ...from NASA a site that tracks random hits to the Earth by comets and asteroids Astronomy Educational Resources on the Internet Astronomy Picture of the Day ...sponsored by Goddard Space Flight center, features a different photo and brief explanation daily Earth and Moon viewer Eric's Black Sun Eclipse ...eclipses in the future,accounts of eclipse observations,links to other eclipse sites Geometry Around Black Holes Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Mars Project NASA Kennedy Space Center ... Space Calendar ...schees Space Weather Today ...current photos of the sun and lesson ideas Views of the Solar System What's Up in the Sky?
Linkopedia.: Lifestyle/Pets And Animals/Wildlife/Mammals/Cats and its status as a threatened species under the US endangered Species Act. (cats)! tracesthe natural history of the cat from wild, exotic felines to America's http://www.linkopedia.com/Lifestyle/Pets_and_Animals/Wildlife/Mammals/Cats/
Extractions: Wednesday November 26, 1997 Edition Jillian Lloyd, Special to The Christian Science Monitor DENVER The daily survival of the lynx - one of North America's rarest wildcats - has everything to do with timing. READY TO SPRING: A lynx crouches in woods in New York State. Its big paws act like snowshoes as it chases its prey. Colorado plans to bring 200 of these threatened felines into the state in the next two years. (ANDREW SAUNDERS/ADIRONDACKS WILDLIFE PROGRAM/AP) After crouching alone, sometimes for hours, in a high-country forest, the slinky cat will finally explode across the snow, its saucer-sized paws acting like snowshoes as it leaps after its preferred prey, the equally nimble snowshoe hare. For humans too, saving the lynx is a matter of deciding when to act. A $1.5 million plan to restore this threatened species by importing 200 cats into the Colorado Rockies from Canada is sparking a debate over how quickly the state should move to save these alpine felines. Colorado officials argue for pouncing quickly to thwart extinction. But a coalition of environmentalists is pushing for a go-slow pace so that thorough research can be done on whether imported lynxes could actually survive in their new home.
Wildlife Programs For Schools - Wildlife Program Descriptions Maine's Big (cats) Maine is home to Canada lynx on the lookout for these secretive felines,follow up threats facing turtles (many are endangered or threatened). http://www.state.me.us/ifw/education/schprog_programdesc.htm
Extractions: What's a coldwater fish? What's a warmwater fish? What's the difference? What do biologists look for when they examine fish from different lakes and streams? What do fish eat, where do they live, how many species do we have in the state? Learn how to measure and weigh a fish, collect scales, age the fish, and use a key to identify a variety of species found in Maine. An excellent and unusual demonstration and hands-on activity for your students. Animals' Amazing Adaptations Maine wildlife exhibits an amazing variety of physical characteristics that enable them to survive and do their jobs within their environment. Learn about Maine habitats, why moose and deer grow antlers, why birds have different shaped bills, why turtles have varied body shapes and appendages, how camouflage benefits those animals that exhibit it, and more! Moose, Deer, Bear - Maine's Big Game Moose black bear, and white tailed deer are the three top big game animals in the state. People hunt them, but many more enjoy just watching them. Learn about their natural history first, then how their populations are managed to ensure their continued abundance. What do Dept. wildlife biologists take into consideration when setting hunting seasons? How do political, economic, and cultural considerations weigh in decisions regarding wildlife? Can wildlife actually become a nuisance when there are too many of them?
The Los Angeles Zoo STATUS Is the animal endangered or threatened with extinction? Why? Other wordsto describe Bengal tigers might be tigers, (cats), or felines. http://www.lazoo.org/bridge2.html
Extractions: If you have little knowledge of your subject, begin by using the encyclopedia a valuable resource for basic information. Try to determine how much information is available. If there's too much, narrow the topic. For example, you may want to select the Bengal tiger instead of just tigers. If Some Information You Might Want To Include HABITAT: Where does the animal live? PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: How big or small is the animal? Does it have feathers or fur, horns or antlers? ADAPTATIONS: What special adjustments has the animal made to live in its environment? BEHAVIOR: What time of day is the animal most active? Describe its social structure: does it live in a family group? DIET: Is it a herbivore or a carnivore?
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