Jungle Cats

Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)
Range: From Northern Africa and Southeastern Europe into Southeast Asia
Status: Least Concern

There is a wide variation in the weight and markings of jungle cats over their broad range. They mostly eat rodents, but are very flexible in their feeding habits. They also eat birds, fish, snakes, frogs, and even small deer fawn. There is some evidence that jungle cats contributed to the origin of the domestic cat. Their probable legacy is most evident in the domestic Abyssinian breed. Jungle cats are very verbal. They growl and grumble at each other and at people, and make loud calls during mating season.

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