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Personality structure across wild and domestic felid species
PaperThis comparative study applied trait ratings to multiple felid species, including domestic cats, African lions, snow leopards, clouded leopards, and Scottish wildcats, to ask whether personality dimen…
Marieke Gartner, David Powell, Alexander Weiss · Journal of Comparative Psychology · 2014
Research overview: density-dependent social tolerance in cats
OverviewThe same species that lives solitarily where prey is scarce forms dense colonies where food concentrates, and this flexibility makes the cat a model for density-dependent sociality. This overview surv…
Research overview: feral cat colony social structure
OverviewLong-term studies of urban feral cat colonies, including well-known work in Rome, document stable groups built around related females and their offspring, with males ranging more widely and showing lo…
Research overview: functions of the lion roar in social spacing
OverviewThe lion's roar carries for kilometres and serves multiple social functions, from advertising territory ownership to locating and coordinating with pride mates. This overview surveys research on roari…
Research overview: mating systems and multiple paternity in cats
OverviewGenetic studies of feral cat colonies have revealed promiscuous mating systems in which a single litter is frequently sired by several males. This overview surveys research using paternity analysis to…
Research overview: sexually selected infanticide across felids
OverviewInfanticide by males is documented or inferred across many felid species, from lions to tigers, leopards, pumas, and others, wherever killing dependent young can hasten a female's next conception. Thi…
Research overview: spatial organisation and communication in pumas
OverviewPumas, also called cougars or mountain lions, are solitary felids whose social lives revolve around spatial organisation maintained largely through scent communication. This overview surveys GPS and f…
Research overview: string-pulling and means-end behaviour in cats
OverviewString-pulling tasks, in which an animal must pull a string to obtain attached food, test understanding of means-end connections and physical relations. This overview surveys research with cats on sin…
Research overview: visual body-posture signalling in cats
OverviewCats communicate a great deal through the positions of their ears, tail, body, and fur, and through pupil dilation, conveying emotional state and intentions without sound. This overview surveys etholo…
Sexual selection, temperature, and the lion's mane
PaperCombining field observations with experiments using life-sized dummy lions, researchers tested what information a male's mane signals. Darker manes indicated higher testosterone and better nutrition,…
Peyton West, Craig Packer · Science · 2002