Vaalboskat

Vaalboskat
Wetenskaplike klassifikasie
Koninkryk:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Klas:	Mammalia
Orde:	Carnivora
Familie:	Felidae
Genus:	Felis
Spesie:	F. silvestris
Subspesie:	F. s. lybica
Trinomiale naam
	Felis silvestris lybica; Forster, 1770

Die vaalboskat of groukat (Felis silvestris lybica) is 'n subspesie van F. silvestris. Dit lyk asof hulle ongeveer 131 000 jaar gelede afgestam het van 'n ander subspesie.[1] 'n Sekere individu is ongeveer 10 000 jaar gelede mak gemaak in die Midde-Ooste, en is waarskynlik die voorvader van vandag se huiskatte. 'n Mak kat saam met mensoorblyfsels wat 9500 jaar terugdateer is in Siprus ontdek.[2][3]

Eienskappe

Skedel

Die vaalboskat is vaalbruin tot geel of grys met swart strepe op die stert. Sommige het ligte strepe om die lyf. Hul het korter hare as die Europese subspesie en is heelwat kleiner. Die lengte van die kop en lyf is 45 tot 75 cm (17,7 tot 29,5 duim), die stert 20 tot 38 cm (8 tot 15 duim) en hul massa 3 tot 6,5 kilogram (6,61 tot 14,3 pond).

Sien ook

Verwysings

Driscoll, Carlos A.; Menotti-Raymond, Marilyn; Roca, Alfred L.; Hupe, Karsten; Johnson, Warren E.; Geffen, Eli; Harley, Eric H.; Delibes, Miguel et al. (1997), "The near eastern origin of cat domestication", Science 317: 519–523, doi:10.1126/science.1139518, PMID 17600185, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1139518.
Kingdon, Jonathan (1988), East African Mammals: Carnivores, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-43721-3.
Wade, Nicholas (29 Junie 2007), Study Traces Cat’s Ancestry to Middle East, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/science/29cat.html, besoek op 19 April 2010

Eksterne skakels

IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group – African wildcat Geargiveer 8 April 2012 op Wayback Machine
Feline Nutrition Geargiveer 4 Junie 2011 op Wayback Machine

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[Science-1] Driscoll, Carlos A.; Menotti-Raymond, Marilyn; Roca, Alfred L.; Hupe, Karsten; Johnson, Warren E.; Geffen, Eli; Harley, Eric H.; Delibes, Miguel et al. (1997), "The near eastern origin of cat domestication", Science 317: 519–523, doi:10.1126/science.1139518, PMID 17600185, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1139518.

[2] Kingdon, Jonathan (1988), East African Mammals: Carnivores, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-43721-3.

[3] Wade, Nicholas (29 Junie 2007), Study Traces Cat’s Ancestry to Middle East, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/science/29cat.html, besoek op 19 April 2010