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ㅤ (eidolon@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 04:04:46 JST ㅤ

Just found out about Sand Cats

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_cat
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  The sand cat (Felis margarita) is a small wild cat that inhabits sandy and stony deserts far from water sources. With its sandy to light grey fur, it is well camouflaged in a desert environment. Its head-and-body length ranges from 39–52 cm (15–20 in) with a 23–31 cm (9.1–12.2 in) long tail. Its 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) short ears are set low on the sides of the head, aiding detection of prey moving underground. The long hair covering the soles of its paws insulates its pads against the extreme temperatures found in deserts. The first sand cat known to scientists was discovered in the Algerian Sahara and described in 1858. To date, it has been recorded in several disjunct locations in Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East. In Central Asia, it was first recorded in the Karakum Desert in 1925. The large gap between these two regions of its global range was partially closed in 1948, when a sand cat skin was found in an oasis of the Rub' al Khali in Oman. It is discontinuously distributed in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle...
- (mint@ryona.agency)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 04:04:45 JST
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  @eidolon Now find out about Pallas's cats.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas's_cat?useskin=vector
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    Pallas
    
    Pallas may refer to: Astronomy 2 Pallas asteroid Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena Pallas (son of Evander), a prominent character in the Aeneid Pallas (son of Lycaon), a teacher of Athena Pallas (son of Pandion), the father of the 50 Pallantides Pallas (Titan), the son of Crius and Eurybia, brother of Astraeus and Perses, and husband of Styx Pallas (daughter of Triton) Pallas, an epithet of Athena Pallas, the father of Euryalus by Diomede People Pallas (freedman) or Marcus Antonius Pallas, a freedman and favorite of Emperor Claudius Pallas, a secondary wife of Herod the Great; her origins and fate are unknown. People with the surname David Pallas (born 1980), Swiss footballer Janette Pallas...
- ㅤ (eidolon@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 09:37:41 JST ㅤ
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  @mint i already know and appreciate pallas cats ty
  
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