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  Bay Cat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bornean bay or red cat is probably the least known of all the felids.
Two colour phases have been described for the bay cat: one a bright reddish chestnut brown with faint spots on the paler underside and limbs; the other a dark bluish slaty grey.
Borneo is suffering from appalling deforestation, thus the habitat of the Bornean bay cat is being rapidly destroyed.
members.aol.com /cattrust/bay.htm   (563 words)

  
 Halong Bay & Cat Ba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bai Chay is the most touristic developed part.
Cat Ba island is one of the largest in Halong Bay.
Cat Ba is the main village on the island with a small harbor, a promenade with hotels, restaurants and a lot of karaoke bars.
www.1000traveltips.org /halong.htm   (1206 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Bay cat, Bornean red cat, Bornean marbled cat
Bay cats are bright chestnut on the back and sides; the legs and undersides are faintly spotted and there are white markings on the head and chin.
Bay cats inhabit the dense forested regions of Borneo.
The reproductive behaviour of bay cats is unknown.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/34.shtml   (269 words)

  
 Bornean Bay Cat - Catopuma badia
Bay Cats are endemic to the small island of Borneo in the Indonesian Islands where the recent tsunami caused one of the greatest losses of human life known to man. It is still hard to tell the extent of damage for all Indonesian wildlife.
In 1992 a female Bornean Bay Cat was caught on the Sarawak border near Kalimantan and taken to the Sarawak Museum.
The cat later died in captivity but was preserved and detail blood analysis and genetic testing proved this cat was indeed a unique species and therefore a highly endangered one.
www.tigerhomes.org /wild-cats/wc-bornean-bay-cat.cfm   (652 words)

  
 Bornean Bay Cat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bornean Bay Cat is as its name suggest only found in Borneo and is so rare that no pictures of a living specimen are known to exist.
The bay cat is thought to live mainly in the dense forested regions of Borneo and is possible associated with habitats close to water.
Although not enough is known of the distribution of the bay cat it is probable that erosion of its natural habitat may be a threat - the bay cat is listed in CITES Appendix 2.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /agarman/baycat.htm   (203 words)

  
 Bay Cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bay Cat (Catopuma badia, other genus names in use are Felis, Profelis or Badiofelis) is also known as Bornean Cat or Bornean Bay Cat, since it is endemic to the island of Borneo.
It is related to the Asiatic Golden Cat, but considerably smaller: length 50 cm, plus 30 cm tail.
This wild cat hunts at night for birds and rodents, and allegedly for monkeys.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bay_Cat   (145 words)

  
 Bay Cat,Bay Cat in Dense Forests,Bay Cat in Dense Primary Forests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bay cat, a little-known species endemic to the island of Borneo, this small (2 -3 kg) cat inhabits dense primary forests and areas of rocky limestone; most sightings and collections have occurred in the highlands.
Physical Appearance: The bay cat is about the size of a large domesticate cat with an extra long tail, it has two color phases The coat can be mahogany red or flish gray on the back and flanks, but it is usually paler on the underparts, with some faint spots on the belly and limbs.
Reproduction and Offspring: The reproductive behaviour of bay cats is unknown.
www.indiantiger.org /wild-cats/bay-cat.html   (620 words)

  
 New Look at Cats! -- International Wildlife Magazine -- National Wildlife Federation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
International trade in spotted cat skins, which once accounted for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of animals, is now prohibited, and biologists are beginning to see signs of recovery in some of the cats, including ocelots and jaguars.
Unlike dogs, domestic cats are fairly similar in size (3 to 4 kilograms, 6.5 to 8.8 pounds on average) and have retained the same configuration, or body plan, as their wild relatives.
Cats have always been thought of as solitary creatures, for instance, but as soon as biologists began to track individuals, they discovered that these archetypal loners had a social life after all.
www.nwf.org /internationalwildlife/2000/cats.html   (4485 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Small Cat
San Diego Zoo: fishing cats in Tiger River; Siberian Pallas’s cats Otocolobus manul manul in Polar Bear Plunge; caracals and Siberian lynxes Lynx lynx wrangeli in Cat Canyon; wild cats Felis silvestris and leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura on Elephant Mesa.
Many of these cats have never been studied in their natural habitats, which is often in rugged, remote areas.
Cats have a layer of tissue in their eyes called the tapetum lucidum, which bounces light back through the retina a second time and increases the amount of light the cat has to see by.
www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-smallcat.html   (1737 words)

  
 Cutlass Bay Club, Cat Island , Bahamas
The direction of design at Cutlass Bay Resort is driven by its unique location on the Dolphin Head Peninsula.
The homes offered at the Cutlass Bay Resort are of a solid wood construction that eliminates metal connectors and removes the possibility for rust, an import factor in this salt water environment.
Here you can see the lots on the peninsula, along with that is an aerial photograph of the Cutlass Bay Resort to give some idea of the lot location on the resort.
www.cutlassbayresort.com /sites/cutlass_homes.htm   (298 words)

  
 Bornean Bay Cat
No living cats have been seen by biologists, and nothing is known about their habits, behavior, ecology or reproductive biology.
About the size of a large house cat, Bornean bay cats have uniform, dark, chestnut red fur faintly speckled with fl markings, and spots on the lighter golden brown underside and limbs.
It has always been questioned whether the bay cat is a unique species or merely a smaller island form of the Asian golden cat.
www.catmine.com /big/bornean_bay_cat.htm   (552 words)

  
 Bay Cat or Bornean Red Cat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A small, very rare cat, the bay cat has a slender body with an exceptionally long tail and a round head with small rounded ears.
Its coat is reddish-brown (chestnut) with a pale undersides and significantly darker ears.
The bay cat may be found only in rocky and scrub areas of the island of Borneo, where it hunts by night, from the ground, and seeks small rodents and birds.
www.tigertouch.org /cats/baycat.html   (94 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - The elusive bay cat of Borneo
One of the least-known cats in the world has, for more than a century, eluded most observers in the hill forests, wooded lowlands and swamps of Borneo.
But after death, genetic analysis confirms that the bay cat is indeed a separate species, closely related to the golden cat.
Bitter, because I know that the cat was found exactly because of those environmental pressures." Pat Quillen agrees that this particular cat was forced to break cover by the forest fires of 1998.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/features/61now.shtml   (526 words)

  
 Caught on camera - elusive bay cat reappears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
No ordinary cat, this feline was thought to be extinct in that part of the region and was not known to live in the park.
Little knowledge is available on the distribution and ecology of the cat, and its breeding, dietary and behavioural habits remain a mystery.
The sanctuary which revealed the cat covers some 1,668 square kilometres of forest on rugged hilly terrain and is part of one of the world’s largest transboundary reserves in humid tropical forests.
www.talkwildlife.citymax.com /page/page/713203.htm   (493 words)

  
 Resources on the Bay Cat from academic institutions
Cat Islands Restoration / Wisconsin Sea Grant: A chain of four small islands once formed the backbone of extensive wildlife habitat in southern Green Bay.
With the invention of the beetle cat boat, the Bay was used for recreation and sailing training.
The Annotated "China Cat Sunflower":...purely a piece of trivia-with-a-small-T. During the period of 1971-72 and then again between 1976 and 1980 I was in a Bay Area band called China Cat, the name...
mongabay.org /conservation/Bay_Cat.htm   (1203 words)

  
 Cutlass Bay Club, Cat Island , Bahamas
The Galleon was constructed by “Old B” a local gentleman that had his start touring the island with his jukebox in the van and a mobile generator behind on a trailer.
Still amazing is compared to other countries, Cat Island did not join the age of electricity until the 1990’s leaving its only source of power to be from generators.
It was this that created a family of guests that returned to this place of comfort time and time again, drawing into their new family fellow guests, staff and management, and the friendship of the local people.
www.cutlassbayresort.com /sites/history2.htm   (316 words)

  
 Bay Cat
Florida law requires that all charities soliciting donations disclose their registration number and the percentage of your donation that goes to the cause and the amount that goes to the solicitor.
Misc.: No actual studies of this cat have ever been made in the wild, and it continues to be the mystery cat of the feline family.
It is believed she was kept in captivity for some months after capture, and was brought in to the local museum on the brink of death, and her remains were used for genetic analysis.
www.bigcatrescue.org /bay_cat.htm   (432 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain -- Bornean Bay Cat (Catopuma badia) facts and pictures
Its teeth are unlike any other cat: with its first upper premolar being smaller and only having one root in the gum, as opposed to the two in other cats.
There is nothing documented on this cat's social and reproductive behavior, or its numbers in the wild.
November 1992 was the first time a live Bornean bay cat has been captured, and there had been no prior sightings in the wild since 1928.
www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=39   (266 words)

  
 CentralPets.com - Search Results for: bornean bay cat ...
This cat is so rare that no known photographs exist of a living cat of this species.
Also known as Temminck's Golden Cat, this small and lithe cat is threatened in the wild by deforestation and hunting.
The accepted ancestor of the domestic cat is the Arabian and African form of the wildcat, Felis lybica...
centralpets.com /pages/search.php?q=bornean+bay+cat+...&form=extended   (671 words)

  
 Bay Cat - Bornean Red Cat - Catopuma badia
Also known as the Bornean Bay Cat or the Bornean Red Cat, this species is extremely rare and one of the least known of all wild cats.
According to one report, the Bay Cat lives in dense jungle, and according to another, it prefers rocky outcrops on forest borders.
The Bay Cat appears to be a ground-dwelling cat, feeding on a variety of small mammals, including monkeys and birds.
www.thebigcats.com /smallcat/baycat.htm   (246 words)

  
 Bay Hill Cat Hospital - Meet our Staff
She worked as a technician at the Cat Hospital of Philadelphia-one of the first feline only practices in the United States- prior to veterinary school.
Prior to opening Bay Hill Cat Hospital, she was an associate veterinarian at the Cat Hospital of Campbell, CA.
She is on the exam committee for the 2003 American Board of Veterinary Practioners feline specialty board.
bayhillcathospital.com /76251.html   (192 words)

  
 South Bay Cat Club Is
This is the first cat show being held here and South Bay CC appreciates your cooperation, as we would like to use this hotel in the future.
Cat food samples may be available during the show from vendors.
All cats in the show must be in good health, current on vaccinations, and free from infectious diseases, parasites and fungus.
www.tbearsiberians.com /sbcc   (922 words)

  
 CentralPets.com - Bornean Bay Cat Page (Printer Friendly Version)
From an early age, the Bornean Bay Cat should be taught not to bite, climb on, or claw owners.
The Bornean Bay Cat has been reported to resemble Temminck's Golden Cat and, according to some studies, possibly should be classified as a subspecies of the Asian Golden Cat.
The coat of the Bornean Bay Cat is typically a reddish brown, although there are reports of gray cats of this species.
centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=2924   (670 words)

  
 Bay Cat - educational resources
Bay Cat [an error occurred while processing this directive] IUCN Profile of the Bay Cat
Genus Catopuma (Asiatic golden cat and bay cat).
Sunquist, Mel: Wild Cats of the World: The Essence of Cats Taxonomy of the Cat Family Species Accounts Cheetah Caracal Bay cat Asiatic golden cat Chinese desert cat Jungle cat Sand cat Black-footed...
animals.mongabay.com /iucn/B/Bay_Cat.html   (213 words)

  
 Bay Cat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Most of the region still holds huge tracts of forests, where threatened species such as orangutans and the Borneo bay cat live, WWF said.
The network earned the honor for its work on Project Bay Cat, an effort to humanely control the feral cat population along the Foster City bay trail.
Rush Bay, Cat Shaker, and Real Dandy all have stakes credentials and will be looking to post a major upset.
www.conservation.mongabay.com /news/Bay_Cat.htm   (433 words)

  
 The CAT Ferry - Bar Harbor Yarmouth Ferry Service
Designed for ocean conditions, the Cat glides smoothly over the water and cuts a six-hour journey on a traditional car ferry down to just under three hours.
The Cat saves its passengers a full day's driving between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and Bar Harbor, Maine, (over 600 miles or 1000 kilometers) which means an extra day of vacation.
So innovative is this new ship that at every port of call the world over, the CAT has become a major attraction in itself.
www.catferry.com   (156 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bay cat, sometimes referred to as the Bornean cat, is a smaller relative of the Asian golden cat, and is quite similar but smaller.
Living on the island of Borneo, this small cat weighs about 5-7 pounds, stands about 12 inches at the shoulder and averages a little over 30 inches in length.
The dentition of the bay cat is quite unusual among felids.
home.globalcrossing.net /~brendel/baycat.html   (243 words)

  
 Bay Hill Cat Hospital - Virtual Hospital Tour
Welcome to the the Bay Hill Cat Hospital, where we strive to provide the utmost care for your pet.
You will be able to see our entire hospital--all of the places your cat might be during his or her visit.
Our well-equipped surgical suite is designed for the care and comfort of your cat.
bayhillcathospital.com /387020.html   (318 words)

  
 Fernandez Bay Village Cat Island Bahamas: Resort Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This small rustic property is located on remote Cat Island, one of the more underdeveloped Out Islands in the Bahamas.
Fernandez Bay Village offers quiet secluded accommodations, for the enjoyment of those seeking rest and relaxation with no contact with the outside world.
Air transportation between Nassau and The Bight Cat Island is available daily with a combination of Cat Island Air and Bahamasair.
www.majesticholidays.com /fbv/fernandez_bay_village.htm   (487 words)

  
 Halong Bay, Cat Ba Island, trekking Vietnam travel guide - VIRTOURIST.COM HALONG BAY
Agencies that organize tours to Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island offer the possibility to take part in a trekking.
The island of Cat Ba is of bio diversity conservation significance due to the endemic and endangered species that inhabit its forests and its shores.
Nowadays Cat Ba's National Park is a top tourist destination.
www.virtourist.com /asia/vietnam/halong-bay/19.htm   (146 words)

  
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