JUNGLE CAT

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  JUNGLE CAT



Loca name :

Jungali billi, Vagh billi, Vaghar billi

Physical measurements & life cycle :

Length          : 70-80 cm 

Weight         : 5-6 kg

Tail length    :30 cm 

Gestation      :60-63 days

Litter size     :3-4 

Life span      :10-15 years 

Breeding      : no definite breeding season 



Description :

>About the size and of domestic cat, colour of the coat varies from sandy and yellowish grey to brown and tawnyrad; tail with dark rings and black tip.The tip is black, eaes are darker with black tips on the backside of ears.

Food     : 

>Rodents and other small mammals, small birds andalso fruits.

Distribution   :

> All over Gujarat.

Habitat    : 

>Thick to open forest, grasslande.

Behaviour     :  

Crepuscular to nocturnal in habit;very swift,strong and quite bold.

Signs of presence     : 

Pugmarks,Voice.


in some parts of india (e.g.kashmir),the hungle cat does not hesitate to inhabit old houses or in the vicinity of towns /cities. There in a record of the fearlessness of the cat according to which the cat had captured a pet animal in presence of  its owner

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