manul

[prettygoodword]

manul (MAN-uhl) - n., a small, long-haired wild cat (Otocolobus manul, formerly Felix manul) of the grasslands and montaine steppes of central Asia.


Also more frequently called Pallas's cat. Manul is adopted from Mongolian manuul.

---L.

Comments

[spacedlaw.livejournal.com]

Such ridiculously cute creature it is too.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

They are! And dangerous -- they are definitely wildcats.

I hadn't known that they are a candidate for the source of long hair in domestic cats.