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The new darling in RuNet - Pallas

Pallas - an animal the size of a house cat: the length of his body 52-65 cm, tail 23-31 cm; it weighs 5.2 kg. From an ordinary cat, he has a more dense, massive body on short thick legs, very thick hair. Pallas is widespread in Central and Central Asia, South Caucasus and from Iran to Western Transbaikalia, Mongolia and northwest China.

Pallas leads single sedentary. Active mostly at dusk and early morning; day sleeping in the shelter. Lair satisfied in the crevices of rocks, small caves, under rocks, in old burrows of marmots, foxes, badgers. Pallas' cat is fed almost exclusively pikas and rodents, occasionally catching gophers, hares, and birds surchat. In summer, during the depression, a large number of pikas eat Orthoptera and other insects. Catches prey, concealing it or guard at the stones and holes.