Africa is famous for its big game and big cats. But if it didn't also have small cats, this great continent would soon be awash in rodents and other small animals. African wildcats are widespread and were domesticated thousands of years ago to become house cats. As part of an international lineage, they are described in another book in this series. But what about that spotted cat with the super-long legs? And the one with crazy ears? In this book, meet those two remarkable members of the cat family -- serval and caracal, respectively -- along with three other uniquely African cats. Each chapter contains statistics, pictures, Red-List status and information about the cat's lifestyle and wild prey. There are also links to conservation sites online for you to learn even more, as well as an extensive reference section in the back of the book. Buy this book today and spend hours relaxing with Africa's OTHER cats!

Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet's hit television show "My Cat from Hell," Galaxy, a.k.a. "Cat Daddy," isn't what readers might expect for a cat expert. Yet his ability to connect with even the most troubled felines--not to mention their owners--is awe-inspiring.

Have you ever wondered where house cats come from? How bobcats and lynxes are related? Whether cheetahs and mountain lions are big cats? This eBook addresses those and other questions about four transcontinental feline lines -- big cats, the puma and its relatives, lynxes, and wildcats. It isn't a textbook or research paper (although plenty of those are listed in the reference section!). It is an easy-to-read introduction to some of the world's most beautiful and mysterious predators. And it comes with images and links to useful and reliable online information about all of these endangered species -- as well as links to even more images and some videos, because cats are beautiful. Buy this handy guide to Family Felidae's international lineages and meet almost twenty different felines today!

Did you know that Asia has many small cats, in addition to tigers, leopards, and other big cats? You'll find them from coastal areas (jungle cats and leopard cats) up into the snowy heights of Mongolia, where Manul, the Pallas cat, lives. Are they like house cats? How are they different? Read this book and learn all about these beautiful little cats today!

Andean cats, Pampas cats, guignas, Geoffroy's cats, margays, little tiger cats/oncillas, and (yes) ocelots. None of these New World cuties are as well known as the jaguar and puma, but each species deserves recognition on its own terms as a beautiful group of little felines, occupying a special place in the wilds of Latin America (and, occasionally, in the US Southwest). Let's meet these small spotted members of the cat family now!

Have you ever wondered whether house cats are descended from big cats? How bobcats and lynxes are related? If cheetahs and mountain lions are big cats? What are all these little cats running around in the wild?Experts are still studying family Felidae and trying to work out how cats evolved. Unfortunately, there isn't much evidence to work with. The boffins have been able to model the cat family's history with fossils and molecular DNA markers. But, as of this writing, there is still no consensus on the details of cat evolution or how each species got to where it is found today.Computer modeling also can't explain why some lineages, like the bay cat's, stayed in one place (Asia, for the bay cat) while other lineages -- those we will meet in this book -- wandered far and wide.But what's a lineage, anyway? It's basically a way to herd cats, to organize what we know about these mysterious and complex creatures so we can better understand them.Think of the cat family as a tree with eight branches. Call each branch a lineage.Each branch, or lineage, has several different cat species sitting on it -- these all belong to the same lineage. This book is about the four lineages that spread across several continents -- big cats, the puma lineage, lynxes, and wildcats (okay, technically this one is only part of the Felis/domestic cat lineage).To answer the questions up above: -- Fluffy and the big cats sit on completely different branches. -- Bobcats and lynxes sit have their own branch. -- Mountain lions and cheetahs are on their own branch, and it's not the one owned by big cats. -- There are a LOT of little cats out there, but only the wildcats and the house cat have a transcontinental range.In this volume, you're going to get an easy-to-under overview of 17 different cats, including house cats. That's almost half of the cat family!There also are plenty of images, thanks to many skilled photographers around the world who have shared their work online through Creative Commons -- I tried to include as many different sources as possible.This book also contains URLs to interesting videos and conservation sites (the Cat Specialist Group and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature -- IUCN - the red-list agency). It's written in simple English, without jargon, but at the end there is an in-depth reference section so you can fact-check the text and also get a start your own investigations into these fascinating felines.Buy this book today and find answers to questions about family Felidae that you never even knew you had!

Did you know that Asia has many small cats, in addition to tigers, leopards, and other big cats? You'll find them from coastal areas (jungle cats and leopard cats) up into the snowy heights of Mongolia, where Manul, the Pallas cat, lives. Are they like house cats? How are they different? Read this book and learn all about these beautiful little cats today!