Lyndsey Green is raising funds for A-Z of Feliformia on Kickstarter! An illustrated A-Z book of feliformia that raises awareness of endangered species.
Brown Palm Civet - The Brown Palm Civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) is a civet species endemic to the wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats. Found it feeding on this fig tree (Ficus microcarpa).
Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) / Fossa ou Cryptoprocte féroce / Image by 19king40 from fotocommunity.de
Sixty images, including the winners, from the 23rd annual Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice Awards go on view
Hamerton Zoo Park is a animal park set in 25 acres of beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside. We specialise in rare, endangered and unusual animals, some of which you may never of heard of!
Lynx lynx, Namskoggon, Norway. Copyright: Aidan Finn.
Asian golden cat (Pardofelis temminckii) The Asian golden cat (Pardofelis temminckii, syn. Catopuma temminckii), also called the Asiatic golden cat and Temminck's cat, is a medium-sized wild cat of Southeastern Asia. In 2008, the IUCN classified Asian golden cats as Near Threatened, stating that the species comes close to qualifying as Vulnerable due to hunting pressure and habitat loss, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation rates.[1] The Asian golden cat was named in honor of the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who first described the African golden cat in 1827.
Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) / Chat de Geoffroy / Image by apuandeschile (Cordillera de los Andes) from instagram
A bobcat balances on top of a tree stump, back lightly dusted with snow
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Although it has proven to be an important foundation for investigations of carnivoran ecology, biology and evolution, the complete species-level supertree for Carnivora of Bininda-Emonds et al. is showing its age. Additional, largely molecular sequence data are now available for many species and the advancement of computer technology means that many of the limitations of the original analysis can now be avoided. We therefore sought to provide an updated estimate of the phylogenetic relationships within all extant Carnivora, again using supertree analysis to be able to analyze as much of the global phylogenetic database for the group as possible. In total, 188 source trees were combined, representing 114 trees from the literature together with 74 newly constructed gene trees derived from nearly 45,000 bp of sequence data from GenBank. The greater availability of sequence data means that the new supertree is almost completely resolved and also better reflects current phylogenetic opinion (for example, supporting a monophyletic Mephitidae, Eupleridae and Prionodontidae; placing Nandinia binotata as sister to the remaining Feliformia). Following an initial rapid radiation, diversification rate analyses indicate a downturn in the net speciation rate within the past three million years as well as a possible increase some 18.0 million years ago; numerous diversification rate shifts within the order were also identified. Together, the two carnivore supertrees remain the only complete phylogenetic estimates for all extant species and the new supertree, like the old one, will form a key tool in helping us to further understand the biology of this charismatic group of carnivores.
