{"id":62741,"date":"2025-09-10T15:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62741"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:57:18","slug":"pallass-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pallass-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pallas\u2019s Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pallas\u2019s Cat<\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wildlife survey conducted in Arunachal Pradesh has brought out first-ever photographic evidence of the elusive Pallas\u2019s cat in the state.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pallas\u2019s Cat<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pallas\u2019s cat (Otocolobus manul) is a small wild cat well camouflaged and adapted to the <\/span><b>cold continental climate in its native range.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was named Pallas\u2019s cat after Peter Simon Pallas, who first described it in 1776 based on specimens collected near Lake Baikal, Russia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Distribution of Pallas\u2019s Cat<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are primarily found in Central Asia, with their range extending to western Iran, Mongolia, China, Russia (on the border of Mongolia and China), Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habitat:\u00a0 It inhabits rocky <\/span><b>montane grasslands and shrublands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the snow cover is below 15-20 cm and preys foremost on lagomorphs and rodents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Pallas\u2019s Cat<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a soft-furred animal about the size of a house cat and is pale silvery gray or light brown in colour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pallas\u2019s cat is distinguished by a broad head with <\/span><b>high-set eyes and low-set ears.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The end of its tail is ringed and tipped with black, and some individuals have vague, dark markings on the body.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fur of the underparts is about twice as long as that of the upper parts and possibly represents an adaptation to the cat\u2019s <\/span><b>habitual lying and crouching on cold ground.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Pallas\u2019s Cat<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix II<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/arunachal-pradesh-records-first-ever-photographic-evidence-of-the-elusive-pallass-cat\/articleshow\/123768256.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pallas\u2019s cat is a small wild cat well camouflaged and adapted to the cold continental climate in its native range. 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