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Research overview: black-footed cat distribution in southern Africa
OverviewThe black-footed cat is endemic to the arid heart of southern Africa, occurring in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia within Karoo scrub, grassland, and semi-desert. This overview compiles records de…
Research overview: black-footed cat energetics and high metabolic demand
OverviewAs one of the smallest cats in the world, the black-footed cat faces severe energetic constraints, and this overview reviews how those shape its biology. A tiny body loses heat rapidly and demands fre…
Research overview: black-footed cat health and captive amyloidosis
OverviewCaptive populations of the black-footed cat have proven valuable for research and conservation breeding but are notably affected by AA amyloidosis, a disease in which protein deposits damage organs an…
Research overview: black-footed cat hunting success and prey intake
OverviewField studies of the black-footed cat have revealed an extraordinarily intense hunting lifestyle, and this overview synthesizes those findings. Tracking individuals through the night shows the cat hun…
Research overview: black-footed cat nocturnal activity and ranging
OverviewThis overview examines the strictly nocturnal lifestyle of the black-footed cat, drawn from radio-telemetry in the Karoo. Individuals emerge after dusk to hunt and patrol, covering substantial distanc…
Research overview: black-footed cat use of burrows and termite mounds
OverviewThe black-footed cat depends heavily on existing burrows and hollow termite mounds for shelter and breeding, and this overview compiles observations of that reliance. The species uses abandoned spring…
Research overview: the Felis lineage and the wildcat complex
OverviewThe Felis lineage contains the domestic cat and its closest wild relatives, including the European wildcat, the African and Near Eastern wildcat, the sand cat, the jungle cat, the black-footed cat, an…
Research overview: the black-footed cat and small-felid genetics
OverviewThe black-footed cat, one of the smallest wild cats, is a southern African member of the Felis lineage notable for its fierce hunting and, in captivity, for inherited kidney disease. This overview sur…
Research overview: the evolution of body size across the cat family
OverviewCats span a remarkable size range, from the kilogram-scale rusty-spotted and black-footed cats to tigers weighing hundreds of kilograms, and body size has evolved repeatedly in different directions. T…
Research overview: the rusty-spotted cat as one of the world smallest felids
OverviewThe rusty-spotted cat vies with the black-footed cat for the title of smallest wild cat, and this overview reviews its diminutive size and associated biology. Weighing roughly one to one and a half ki…
Research synthesis: black-footed cat conservation status
ReviewThis 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…