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	Peter Simon Pallas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of a Professor of Surgery.
		In 1767 Pallas was invited by Catherine II of Russia to became a professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and between 1769 and 1774 he led an expedition to Siberia collecting natural history specimens on their behalf.
		In 1772 Pallas was shown a 700 kilogram lump of metal which had been found near to the city of Krasnoyarsk.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Peter_Simon_Pallas (442 words)

	Pallas Cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manul, or Felis manul) or Manul is a small wild cat of Central Asia.
		Because of its relatively flat face, it was once thought that it was the ancestor of the Persian cat breed.
		Since this cat feeds on agricultural pests, it is regarded as beneficial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pallas_Cat (225 words)

	Mongolia Carnivore Project
		The biology of the Pallas' cat (or manul) is equally unknown.
		Pallas' cats are thought to be largely nocturnal in activity and feed chiefly on gerbils and jerboas (Ognev 1962; Heptner and Naumov 1992).
		The IUCN classifies the Pallas' cat as near threatened due to decreasing population trends and increasing threats from hunting and habitat loss (IUCN 2000).
	www.wildcru.org /links/mongolia/studyspecies.htm (1086 words)

	ISEC Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pallas’ cats were named after a German naturalist, Peter Pallas, who described much of the Russian fauna.
		These small cats have a stocky body with thick soft fur and an abundant dark, woolly underfur which is double the length of that on the rest of the body.
		Pallas’ cats look much heavier than they really are due to their stocky build and thick coat.
	www.wildcatconservation.org /cats/factsheets/asia/pallas/index.shtml (813 words)

	Pallas Cat
		Misc.: Peter Pallas who first described this cat, erroneously suggested that it was the ancestor of the Persian breeds of domestic cats because of its long fur, stocky build and flattened face.
		Principal Threats: The two primary threats concerning the Pallas’s cat are the hunting of the cat for its fur, and the poisoning of its primary food source.
		A mono-specific genus, the Pallas' cat or manul is one of the few longhaired, cold-tolerant felids from Asia.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /pallas_cat.htm (744 words)

	5 TIGERS : Tigers In Trouble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He also noted the agreement that cats were at the apex of the biotic pyramid and thus their conservation was synonymous with conservation of whole ecosystems.
		Wilson put forward proposals for a cat conservation strategy and action plan in Africa, declaring that it was necessary to know the species of cats in each region or country, their distribution, and present-day status.
		Considering the importance of the Iriomote cat there should be an immediate investigation of the effects of the unmonitored feeding programme; critical habitat should be upgraded in conservation status; and the eye disease affecting the cats should be identified.
	www.savethetigerfund.org /news/CatNews/cn1.htm (4411 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Felidae
		Cats have sharp backwards facing barbs on their penis that are used to stimulate ovulation, as female cats are induced ovulators, meaning they will not ovulate before mating.
		Cats are, with the exception of the lion, solitary creatures.
		Cats, being carnivores, have their eyes located on the very front of their face, which allows depth perception, and accuracy, both of which are very important in hunting.
	www.lioncrusher.com /family.asp?family=Felidae (4231 words)

	..:: Welcome To The Cincinnati Zoo ::..
		The first basic behavior and ecology studies on the Pallas’ cat are currently under way yet it is already clear that they are facing some serious threats to their survival in the wild.
		Importation of Pallas’ cats from Russia in the mid-1990s as a founder population for North American zoos was followed by frustration in getting these cats to breed and their offspring to survive.
		Research at CREW and the National Zoological Park established that Pallas’ cats have a pronounced reproductive seasonality controlled by light exposure and that newborns are extremely susceptible to infection with a parasite called Toxoplasma.
	www.cincyzoo.org /conservation/GlobalConservation/PallasCat/pallascat.html (537 words)

	Pallas's Cats
		The Pallas's cat is also known as a Manul.
		About the size of a large domestic cat, the manul is covered with long course fur, sandy to grey in base colour with white tips on the guard hairs which gives an overall 'frosted' appearance.
		The tail of the manul cat is tipped with fl and has darker rings toward the end, similar dark markings can also be faintly seen across the side of its back.
	www.cathouse-fcc.org /pallas.html (279 words)

	Cat History, Part I
		The domestic cat (or house cat) is a historical latecomer.
		In fact the cat was the very last animal to be domesticated, thousands of years after the dog, sheep, goat, etc. And in other ways the cat is unique.
		The cat is the only non social animal ever to be domesticated, all other domestic animals are herd or pack animals in the wild.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/unitedcats/cathist.html (721 words)

	Pallas Cat Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Description: Peter Pallas, the first describer of the Pallas' cat, or manul, erroneously suggested that this was the ancestor of the long-haired Persian breeds of domestic cats because of its long hair, stocky build and flattened face.
		Range: Pallas' cats are adapted to cold, arid environments and have a wide distribution through Central Asia, but they are relatively specialized in their habitat requirements.
		In recent years Pallas' cats have disappeared from much of the Caspian region and from the easternmost parts of its range in China due to over-hunting.
	www.csew.com /felidtag/pages/Educational/FactSheets/pallas.htm (1290 words)

	Pallas Cat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		About the size of a large domestic cat, the pallas is covered with long course fur, sandy to grey in base colour with the white tips to the guard hairs which gives an overall ‘frosted’ appearance.
		The palas cat is a lone, nocturnal hunter and preys predominately on rodents and small mammals.
		The pallas cat is rare and is considered threatened on parts of its range and is listed in CITES in Appendix 2.
	dialspace.dial.pipex.com /agarman/pallas.htm (250 words)

	Homepage of Vladimir Dinets - Wild Cats, page 2 of 4
		You have to be a good dasher: as soon as you catch a glimpse of cat's eyes reflecting your spotlight, the animal will hide it's face (natural defense: face is the only bright-colored part), and then run away in few seconds, so you'll have very short time to get close for better view.
		Pallas' cat is widespread in Central Asia, from Armenia to China, but it is so rare outside Mongolia, that it can take more than a year to see one.
		Jungle cat can also be seen at broad daylight if you set up a blind at the water edge in an area of dense reeds with plenty of aquatic rodents, birds and small fish.
	dinets.travel.ru /wildcats2.htm (1661 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Pallas' Cat (Otocolobus manul) facts and pictures
		The Pallas' cat inhabits the rocky steppes of the Caspian Sea area, Iran, China, Russia, Mongolia, Tibet, and Kazakhstan.
		Pallas' cats are typically crepuscular, but have been seen active in mid-day.
		The Pallas' cat, especially their young kittens, are also succeptible to toxomoplasmosis, a disease commonly contracted from eating rodents with the disease.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=64 (357 words)

	Pallas' Cat Project
		Pallas Cats in captivity have a high infant mortality rate due to the population being largely infected with toxoplasmosis.
		Preliminary surveys of Pallas' cat habitat have found indiscriminate trapping, warfarin-like rodenticide application throughout the grasslands, hunting for ornamental and medicinal uses of Pallas' cats, and increasing feral cat populations, creating a reservoir for disease.
		Further, we have VHF-radio collared 8 wild Pallas' cats and 2 wildcats and are supporting a team of Mongolian herdsmen and field biology students to describe homeranges and behavior patterns.
	www.wildaboutcats.org /pallas.htm (1797 words)

	Pallas Cat - Otocolobus manul
		The Pallas cat is quite at home in steppes, cold deserts and the rocky country of central Asia and ranges as far as Afghanistan, Georgia, Tajikistan, through Iran, Siberia and Tibet all the way to the Caspian Sea where the now extinct Caspian Tiger once roamed.
		Pallas Cats survive primarily on prey of small mammals such as pika, voles, marmots and ground squirrels.
		The Pallas Cat is disappearing from many of these regions because they are so highly sought after for their pelts by local fur traders.
	www.tigerhomes.org /wild-cats/wc-pallas-cat.cfm (727 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pallas
		Pallas, the second-largest asteroid, and the second to be discovered.
		Pallas's Cat, species of small wild cat native to the cold, dry regions of central Asia.
		The cat reaches a maximum length of about 65 cm (26 in),...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pallas.html (95 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Small Cat
		Many of these cats have never been studied in their natural habitats, which is often in rugged, remote areas.
		Over a long period of time, these cats were bred among each other and became separate from the wild populations, and they also moved with humans to many parts of the world.
		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)

	Pallas Cat,Big Pallas Cat,Big Wild Pallas Cat
		The Pallas' cat, named after German naturalist Pyotr Simon Pallas (1741-1811), is a small-sized wild cat known for its flattened face, stocky build, and long hair.
		The Pallas' cat is adapted to cold arid environments and lives in rocky terrain and grasslands through out central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe.
		Physical appearance: These small cats have a stocky body with thick soft fur and an abundant dark, woolly underfur which is double the length of that on the rest of the body.
	www.indiantiger.org /wild-cats/pallas-cat.html (769 words)

	Iriomote Cat,Iriomote Island Cat,Iriomote Cat in Wild Islands
		More recently, it was suggested that it should be grouped as a subspecies of leopard cat (Felis bengalensis), because of the discovery of the Tsushima cat, which inhabits the same area.
		This serves as a signal, when the ears are laid flat the white spots show, which is a dead giveaway from a distance that the cat is mad, because mad cats flatten their ears.
		The Iriomote cat is restricted to a single population.
	www.indiantiger.org /wild-cats/iriomote-cat.html (692 words)

	Minnesota Zoo/ Conservation Grants
		The Pallas' Cat Conservation Project aims to determine the status and natural history of the wild Pallas' cat.
		We have also VHF-radio collared eight wild Pallas' cats and two wildcats and are supporting a team of Mongolian herdsmen and field biology students to describe homeranges and behavior patterns.
		She is currently serving as the International studbook keeper and the AZA Species Survival Plan Coordinator for the Pallas cat.
	www.mnzoo.com /conservation/International/CAT/pcat.asp (331 words)

	Denver Zoo - Plan Your Visit - Map - Cats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is a North and South American cat, inhabiting forests and deserts, from southern Canada south through the United States to southern South America.
		Named after a German naturalist, Peter Pallas, the Pallas' cat is indigenous to the high altitude mountain steppes and rocky terrain of eastern Iran through Central Asia and western China.
		Pallas’ (Palace) cats are native to the Himalayas.
	www.denverzoo.org /vr/cats.htm (101 words)

	San Diego Zoo' s Got Questions? Pallas' cat
		Pallas’s cats are about the size of a large domestic cat, and weigh about six to 11 pounds (2.7 to five kilograms).
		Pallas’s cats catch the pikas by hiding and waiting near stones or burrows.
		The cats then use their powerful and fast paws to nab the pikas as they come up from holes.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/gotq_pallas_cat.html (201 words)

	Manul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the last glaciation Pallas's cat was found in Europe, and in Ladak they have been seen higher than 4,000 metres.
		Pallas' cat feeds on mouse hares, pikas (in one study 89% of their prey items were pikas, and 4% insectivores), murines, ground squirrels, and birds.
		Pallas's cats reproduce in April and May. Captive litters of five and six kittens (more commonly three or four) have been reared, and the gestation period is recorded as 66 days.
	members.aol.com /cattrust/manul.htm (691 words)

	Pallas's cat -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Pallas's cat is a soft-furred animal about the size of a house cat and is pale silvery gray or light brown in colour.
		Like all felids, domestic cats, the smallest members of the family, are characterized by supple, low-slung bodies, finely molded heads, long tails that aid in balance, and specialized teeth and claws that adapt them admirably to a life of active hunting.
		E-text of the translation of fables on cat and mice from Germany, Palestine, Tibet, and Romania.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9058124?tocId=9058124 (811 words)

	Woodland Park Zoo Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 12-year-old female cat had exhibited signs of weakness and the examination revealed weight loss, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
		The cats were named in honor of 19th century German naturalist Peter Pallas.
		The cats hunt prey such as mice and pikas, a lemming-like rodent, and other small mammals and birds, but very little is known about how many are left in the wild and even less is known about their natural history.
	www.zoo.org /pressroom/pr/2002/pr5_31_2002.htm (293 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Pallas cat, manul
		Pallas cats are about the size of domestic cats and have long sandy grey or russet-red fur tipped with white.
		Pallas cats hunt small mammals, such as pikas and rodents, and birds.
		Pallas cats were formerly hunted in large numbers for the fur trade.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/26.shtml (223 words)

	Pallas on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The dusky rockfishes (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) of the North Pacific Ocean: resurrection of Sebastes variabilis (Pallas, 1814) and a redescription of Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius, 1813).
		SandP Assigns Pallas IV CDO Ltd Preliminary 'AA' Rating.
		La Vierge à lEnfant et un ange de Sandro Boticceli Qu'il s'agisse de personnages mythologiques ("Pallas et le centaure", ".
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Pallas2.asp (372 words)

	Turkish Angora
		Graceful and athletic, with fine bones and a silky coat, this is a breed that fits the fashions of the late 20th century.
		It is a small to medium-sized cat with a muscular body, covered by a single coat that shimmers when it moves.
		The story goes that Tartars domesticated the Pallas' cat and took it into Turkey, but this is very unlikely The Turkish Angora's medium-long coat is probably the result of a mutation that occurred centuries ago in an isolated population of domestic cats in central Asia.
	www.kittycatcorner.com /turkishangora.html (252 words)

	Ecology and Behavior of the Pallas’ Cat in Mongolia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ecology and Behavior of the Pallas’ Cat in Mongolia
		Because the cats are endangered in the wild, recent conservation efforts in North American zoos have focused on captive cat propagation.
		The purpose of our initial study, during the summer of 2000, was to gather information from the wild Pallas’ cats in Mongolia so that the captive and wild populations could be compared in terms of parasite load and physiologic and genetic parameters.
	www.felidae.org /LIBRARY/brown_and_munkhtsog_2000.htm (509 words)

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