01 ngo 08
Ezinye iiCats zaseAfrika
ICaracal. Tambako iJaguar / Flickr.com Iikati ezinkulu ze - savannah zegolide zasezantsi Afrika ziyaziwayo emhlabeni. Iyingonyama neengwe ziyingxenye ye- Big Five eyaziwayokazikazikazi, ngelixa i- cheetah ngokungenakuqinisekiswa enye yeyona ndlela ifunwa yi-safari . Nangona kunjalo, i-Afrika ibuyele kwikhaya elisixhenxe elincinci - ezinye zazo ezingenakunzima okanye ezingozini zokuba abantu abambalwa kakhulu besazi nokuba khona kwabo. Zizinye zezidalwa ezihle kakhulu zelizwekazikazi, kwaye kule nqaku, sijonge ukuba yini eyenza iAfrika ikhohliweyo i-felines ekhethekileyo.
02 ngo 08
Umkhonzi (i-Leptailurus serval)
Umkhonzi. UDian Robinson Photography / Getty Izithombe I-serval yinto encinci, ikati elimnandi elifunyenwe kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni ezisemzantsi Afrika. Kukho iiprospecies ezilishumi elinesibhozo, kunye nabantu abancinci abasele kwisizwe saseMntla Afrika saseMorocco. Ziyikati eziphakathi, kunye nobude obuphakathi komgangatho ukuya kwiphepha eliyi-24 intshi / 60 cm. Kanye kunye neengubo ezimnyama ezimhlophe, ama-servals aneentloko ezincinci, iindlebe ezingaphezulu, kunye nemilenze ende kunayo nayiphi na ikati ngokulingana nobukhulu bawo. Basebenzisa iindlebe zabo ezikhethekileyo ukuzingela iigorants, ezizibetha ngokuzikhupha kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezingaphezu kwama-6,5 / 2 metres. Amalungiselelo enkonzo anemihlaba eninzi enotshani obude, kwaye angabonwa emini.
03 we-08
I-Wildcat yaseAfrika (iFelis silvestris lybica)
African Wildcat. Franz Aberham / Getty Izithombe Abo banenhlanhla ukufumana i-wildcat yaseAfrika kwimvelo yendalo bayakuxolelwa ngokuyiphutha ngokubhekiselele kwisitebhithi esiphezulu, ngenxa yengubo yakhe yesihlabathi kunye nemivimbo emnyama eyaziwayo. Le nto ayikho into eyenzekayo, kuba iikati zasekhaya zivela kwiikati zasendle zaseAfrika ezinamathele eMiddle East kwiminyaka engama-10 000 edlulileyo. Namhlanje, afunyanwa kuwo wonke amaAfrika kunye nakuma-peninsula ase-Arabia. Bangaphila kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuhlala, kodwa bahlala kwiindawo ezinobungakanani kwaye abaqhelekanga kwintlango. Ama-wildcats ase-Afrika asebusuku, kwaye asebenzise amaqhinga okuzula amaqhubi amancinci, iintaka kunye nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo. Ukuxubana kunye neekati zasekhaya kuyingozi yongxaki yeli lizwe.
04 we-08
ICaracal (iCaracal caracal)
ICaracal. GP232 / Getty Izithombe Eyaziwayo njenge- rooikat okanye ikati ebomvu ngesiBhulu , i-caracal ifunyenwe kwiindawo zommandla nezomileyo zase-Afrika ezantsi kwe-Sahara. Bahlala kwakhona kwiindawo zoMbindi Mpuma kunye ne-Indian subcontinent. Igama labo livela kwigama lesiTurkey elisithetha "indlebe emnyama", kwaye ngokwenene, iigrafu ezide zomnyama ziyingxenye yalezi zihlomelo. I-caracal inomikhono obomvu obomvu, kwaye yilezi zintlu ezincinci ze-Afrika ezinamaqondo angama-40 kwipounds / 18 kilogram. Ziyizilwanyana ezinokumangalisayo, ezikwazi ukunyuka imithi kunye nokunyuka ngaphezu kweenyawo ezili-10/3 iimitha emoyeni ukubamba iintaka phakathi kwendiza. Iimpawu zinobunzima ukuzibona, kuba zibini ngokuhlwa kwaye ziyimfihlo.
05 ka 08
I-Sand Cat (iFelis margarita)
Sand Cat. Tambako iJaguar / Flickr.com Ikati yesihlabathi itholakala kuMntla Afrika nakwi-Southwest kunye ne-Asia Ephakathi, kwaye yiyo kuphela intlobo yeekati ukuhlala kwiindawo zentlango yangempela. Iimpawu zalo ziquka intloko ephahleni, ebanzi; Imilenze emfutshane kunye neendlebe ezingaphezulu. Ikati elincinci, elinokuphakama komgangatho ophakathi kweesentimitha ezili-12/30 cm. Ixubusha kwiincinci ezincinci, kwaye ichitshiyelwe ngokubanzi ukuze uphile ubomi entlango. Ubomvu obunqabileyo, obunxwemeni buvumela i-camfle epheleleyo, ngelixa iingaphantsi kwee-paws zayo ziboshwe ngomlilo obunzima ukuzikhusela kwisanti esitshisayo. Amakati aseSand angaphila amaqondo aphezulu ukusuka kwi -5 ° C / 23 ° F ukuya kuma-52 ° C / 126 ° F, kwaye afune indawo yokukhusela kwezinye izilwanyana.
06 we-08
Jungle Cat (uFelis chaus)
Jungle Cat. ULillian King / Getty Izithombe Kwakhona kuthiwa umhlanga okanye ikati ye-swamp, ikati ye-jungle iyinhlobo ezinamaqabunga amaxesha amakhulu kunye neendlebe ezinkulu, ezikhombisekileyo kunye neengubo ezinje. Inomphunga omhlophe ohlukile, kwaye ufumaneka e-China, eMiddle East, kunye ne-Indian subcontinent kunye neengingqi zaseCentral ne-Southeast Asia. E-Afrika, kwenzeka kuphela eYiputa. I-Jungle cat mummies ifunyenwe emangcwabeni ooFaro basendulo base-Yiputa, ebonisa ukuba babesetyenzisiwe kwaye basebenzise ukunceda ukulawula abantu. Naphezu kwegama layo, ikati yehlathi iyakhusela imithi yamanzi kunye neendawo zeenkuni kwaye kunoko iyakuthanda amanxweme, imifula kunye nemigxobhozo. Ikati ye-jungle isebenza ngentsuku, kwaye ixhasa amajelo amancinci kunye neentaka.
07 ka 08
I-Cat-Footed Cat (iFelis nigripes)
Ikati eliMnyama elisezantsi. Dave Hamman / Getty Izithombe Eyaziwayo njengekati elincinci elincinci, le ntlobo iphela kummandla osemazantsi e-Afrika, apho ifunyanwa khona ngokubanzi kwimimandla eyomileyo, evulekileyo eMzantsi Afrika naseNamibia. Ikati lezinyawo ezimnyama lincinci kunazo zonke iintlobo zeentaka zaseAfrika ezinomlinganiselo wokuphakama kwemigangatho yamasentimitha ama-25/10 intshi. Inokwakha eyakhiwe ngeenyawo ezinkulu kunye neendlebe ezijikelezileyo, kunye noboya bayo obunqabileyo bubhalwe ngokugqithiseleyo ngamatsha amnyama. Bayihlazo, kodwa banobukrakra xa bekhokhwe-ke kutheni igama labo lesiBhulu liguqulela ngokuthi "i-tiger". Iikati ezinyawo ezinomnyama zidweliswe njengeNgcembeko kwiLuhlu oluBomvu lwe-IUCN, kwaye zikhuni kakhulu ukuzibona ngenxa yokuziphatha kwabo busuku. Ebudeni bemihla, balala kwimibhobho elahlekileyo yezinye izilwanyana.
08 ka 08
I-Golden Golden Cat (iCaracal aurata)
African Golden Cat. URicky Reino Ikati yegolide yaseAfrika ehleliyo iphela kwiindawo eziseTropiki zaseNtshona nakwiMbindi Afrika , ukusuka kwiRiphabhuliki yaseCentral Afrika ngasenyakatho ukuya enyakatho ye-Angola ngasezantsi. Inxulumene ngokusondelene ne-servic kunye ne-caracal, kwaye malunga namaxesha amabini ubukhulu bekati yasekhaya. Iikati zegolide zaseAfrika zakhiwe ngokuqinile, kwaye ziyahlukahluka ngombala obomvu obomvu ukuya kumnyama omnyama. Abanye banamabala onke, ngelixa abanye babonwa kuphela kwiimbilini zabo nasemilenzeni yangaphakathi. Zibalwa njengeziNgcipheko kwiLuhlu oluLomvu lwe-IUCN ngenxa yokulahlekelwa kwendawo yokuhlala nokuzingela i-bushmeat, kwaye ziyaziwa ngokuba ziyimfihlo. Ngenxa yoko, iikati zaseAfrika zegolide zazifotshwa kuphela ngethuba lokuqala kwintlango ngo-2002.