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Pallas cat
Yu.K. Zinchenko
ANNOTATION
The author describes Pallas' cat's exterior and behavior and gives some information on Pallas' cat distribution in the world. He separately sais about Pallas' cat in Kazakhstan. The author notes that there are the threats to this species and it is necessary to take measures to prevent its dissappearing. The main reasons of cats' deaths are shepherd's dogs and poaching. It is clear that Pallas' cat habitats have been reduced. One of the measures to conserve this species in Kazakhstan can be the creation of new nature reserves.
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Pallas cats...
Igor Ketselman
ANNOTATION
It is a funny story about an accident of bringing some Pallas cats from Mongolia to the Moscow Zoo.
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Discovery of Manul Otocolobus manul in Eastern Sayan
Evgeny Koshkarev
In February and March of 1997 during field research on the snow leopard Uncia uncia in the Tunkinskiy Mountains of Eastern Sayan (Russia, Buryatia), tracks of the manul (also known as Pallas Cat) Otocolobus manul, another rare feline species of Central Asia, were seen as well.
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Pallas cat kids - what are they?
A. Savchenko
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Once upon a time zoologist and professor Savchenko was interested in how Pallas kids look like. There were no good pictures of them. During the field work in Tyva Savchenko saw a den with kids... There are some fine photos in article.
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Манул (in Russian)
H.Паpавян
Уже начинает смеркаться, зоопарк закрывается, посетители расходятся, а манул все еще не хочет выходить из своего убежища. И только когда кругом воцаряется полная тишина, в домике манула поднимается какая-то возня, затем появляются два круглых зеленых огонька. Оказывается, два зеленых огонька это два светящихся в темноте глаза. Теперь все ясно. Животное ведет ночной образ жизни и поэтому днем спит в своем убежище, а ночью бодрствует. Вот его и не могут увидеть посетители - ведь зоопарк не работает по ночам!
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