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Small, southern hemisphere cat seen on Discovery channel,, can anyone ID?

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Brian Link - 11 Dec 2007 02:52 GMT
There was a show on Discovery or the History channel LATE last night.
It was ostensibly about trees, but they discussed the various wildlife
that live underneath the canopy.

Somewhere in a lower latitude they came across an elusive wildcat that
was pegged as "smallest in the world". Adults weigh only 5 pounds. The
second thing I thought (the first being "awww.. look how cute it is
ripping that bird's head off") was, "I wonder if anyone's tried to
crossbreed them like Savannahs or Bengals".

If anyone saw that show or knows what beast I'm talking about, I'd
love to find some online pics. It looked like a mini-bobcat, iirc.

Thanks

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Alice - 12 Dec 2007 22:49 GMT
Black footed cat? If so, the female can weight only 2 lbs. The males
are 5 lbs. I think they live in South Africa...

A.
-Lost - 13 Dec 2007 00:56 GMT
Response to Brian Link <blink@visi.com>:

> There was a show on Discovery or the History channel LATE last
> night. It was ostensibly about trees, but they discussed the
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> If anyone saw that show or knows what beast I'm talking about, I'd
> love to find some online pics. It looked like a mini-bobcat, iirc.

Mr. Peebles?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_NGPrIgDbk  (joke)

http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/110746.html (joke)

Seriously though:

http://images.google.com/images?q=Kodkod
...also known as...
http://images.google.com/images?q=Guigna

Or perhaps the Black Footed Cat (I see Alice beat me to it):
http://images.google.com/images?q=Black-Footed%20Cat
http://messybeast.com/small-wildcats.htm

I believe the Black-Footed Cat is the "official" smallest wildcat.  
Not totally sure though.

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Brian Link - 12 Dec 2007 04:55 GMT
>Response to Brian Link <blink@visi.com>:
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>I believe the Black-Footed Cat is the "official" smallest wildcat.  
>Not totally sure though.

Thanks, -Lost! The Kodkod is the kitty I saw!

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-Lost - 13 Dec 2007 01:01 GMT
Response to "-Lost" <maventheextrawords@techie.com>:

> Mr. Peebles?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_NGPrIgDbk  (joke)

Oh, it appears Mr. Peebles has some competition in Heed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?
in_article_id=399766&in_page_id=1770

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