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Pallas’s cat: One of the world’s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

Pallas’s cat: One of the world’s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

QUICK FACTS Name: Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) Where it lives: Steppes and high-elevation grasslands in Central Asia, particularly Mongolia and China What it eats: Small rodents, including gerbils, hamsters and pikas, small lizards and birds Pallas’s cat, also known as a manul, is a feline from Central Asia that yelps like a small dog and has such short legs that …

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