{"id":156413,"date":"2021-12-27T19:29:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=156413"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:16:49","slug":"indian-desert-cat-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-desert-cat-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Desert Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>It was spotted at the Akola buffer zone of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was spotted only four times in the past between 1999 and 2006 in the Thar desert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Desert Cat: <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156433 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Felis_silvestris_ornata.jpg?resize=405%2C272&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Felis_silvestris_ornata.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Felis_silvestris_ornata.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific name- <strong>Felis silvestris<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is also known as the <strong>Asian steppe wildcat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN<\/strong>&#8211; Least Concern.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix-II<\/li>\n<li>Indian <strong>Wildlife protection Act<\/strong>: Schedule-I.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: The species is highly adaptable and can be found in forests as well as <strong>arid and semi-arid regions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the past it has been spotted at <strong>Nauradehi<\/strong> Wildlife Sanctuary(MP), <strong>Desert National Park<\/strong>(Jaiselmer) <strong>Sariska<\/strong> Tiger Reserve(Rajsthan), <strong>Tal Chappar<\/strong> Blackbuck Sanctuary(Rajsthan).<\/li>\n<li>Besides it is also found in Gujrat, Maharastra.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Physical features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The species has a<strong> sandy-brown fur<\/strong> and <strong>small, round spots<\/strong> covering the upper part of its body.<\/li>\n<li>The cat has a long, slender and tapering tail with a black tip and spots at its base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adaptation for desert climate<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It can survive without water for longer days.<\/li>\n<li>The toes of the species have cushion like hair which help it balance the fluctuating desert temperatures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: It was spotted at the Akola buffer zone of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. It was spotted only four times in the past between 1999 and 2006 in the Thar desert. About Desert Cat: Scientific name- Felis silvestris. It is also known as the Asian steppe wildcat. Conservation Status: IUCN&#8211; Least Concern.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-desert-cat-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Desert Cat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10335,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}