🧬 The Felid Wiki — 3,000 research summaries

This overview synthesises social-psychological research on how wildlife value orientations, broad belief systems ranging from domination to mutualism, shape attitudes toward large carnivores and toler…

Because leopard cats depend on farmland outside reserves, conservation increasingly relies on incentivising landholders to farm in ways compatible with the species. This overview synthesises evaluatio…

Rising carbon dioxide, altered rainfall, and changed fire and grazing regimes are driving woody plant encroachment into many African savannas, reshaping habitat for cats and their prey. This overview…

Memory supports navigation, hunting, and social recognition in cats, and this overview surveys research on its different forms. It covers short-term and working memory for object locations, the persis…

This overview surveys the emerging use of zinc isotopes in tooth enamel as a tool for reconstructing the trophic level and diet of fossil cats. Unlike collagen-based carbon and nitrogen analysis, whic…

Cats develop a zonary, endotheliochorial placenta that forms a band around the fetus and mediates maternal-fetal exchange during gestation. This overview surveys the structure and development of the f…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the Andean cat, regarded as one of the most threatened cats in the Americas owing to its rarity, small fragmented populations, prey specialization,…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of Geoffroys cat, broadly assessed as lower risk owing to its wide range, relative abundance, and adaptability, while noting localized pressures. It we…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of Pallass cat, reassessed in recent years as lower risk than once feared but still subject to significant, localized threats. It weighs pressures incl…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the black-footed cat, generally regarded as one of Africa more threatened small felids owing to its restricted range, low density, and specialized e…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the bobcat, broadly secure and even expanding thanks to its adaptability, wide range, and recovery from past overharvest. It weighs regulated fur ha…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the caracal, generally assessed as low risk given its wide range and adaptability, while flagging serious regional concerns. It weighs heavy persecu…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the clouded leopards, both species regarded as threatened owing to their dependence on forest and exposure to rapid habitat loss. It weighs deforest…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the lynxes as a group, which spans nearly the full range of extinction risk. The bobcat and Eurasian lynx are broadly secure, the latter recovering…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the fishing cat, widely regarded as threatened owing to its dependence on fast-disappearing wetlands. It weighs the dominant pressure of wetland los…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the flat-headed cat, widely regarded as among the most threatened small cats owing to its narrow range, extreme wetland specialization, and the rapi…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the jaguarundi, broadly assessed as lower risk across its extensive range owing to ecological flexibility, while flagging serious concern for periph…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the kodkod, regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its small range, forest dependence, and exposure to habitat loss in the temperate forests of C…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the leopard cat, broadly secure across its vast range thanks to adaptability and tolerance of human-modified habitats, while noting important except…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the marbled cat, generally regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its forest dependence and exposure to deforestation across Southeast Asia, thou…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the margay, generally regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its dependence on intact forest, low reproductive rate, and naturally low density. I…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the ocelot, globally assessed as a species of relatively low extinction risk yet under steady pressure from deforestation, the historical fur trade,…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the oncilla, generally regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its apparent rarity, fragmented distribution, and the threats bearing on its varied…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the rusty-spotted cat, historically considered at some risk owing to habitat loss but increasingly understood to be more widespread and adaptable th…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the sand cat, generally assessed as low risk but acknowledged to rest on sparse data. It weighs threats including habitat degradation from grazing a…

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the serval, broadly assessed as low risk across much of sub-Saharan Africa but with severely reduced or vanished populations at the northern and sou…

This methodological review tackled two pervasive problems in GPS telemetry: locations are imprecise, and the probability of obtaining a fix at all depends on habitat, terrain, and canopy. Left uncorre…

Jacqueline L. Frair, John Fieberg, Mark Hebblewhite, Francesca Cagnacci, Nicholas J. DeCesare, Luca Pedrotti · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B · 2010

This study tested how domestic cats respond to four plant materials known to elicit olfactory-driven reactions: silver vine, Tatarian honeysuckle, valerian root, and catnip. By presenting these materi…

Sebastiaan Bol, Jana Caspers, Lauren Buckingham, et al. · BMC Veterinary Research · 2017

Hayes, Carey and Schmidt discovered that cats fed diets lacking sufficient taurine developed central retinal degeneration leading to blindness, identifying taurine as a dietary essential nutrient for…

Hayes KC, Carey RE, Schmidt SY · Science · 1975

This landmark study demonstrated that cats fed diets deficient in taurine developed progressive retinal degeneration leading to blindness, establishing taurine as a dietary essential for cats and reve…

Hayes KC, Carey RE, Schmidt SY · Science · 1975