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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2016-11-29 08:01 am

manul

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.

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[identity profile] spacedlaw.livejournal.com 2016-12-01 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Such ridiculously cute creature it is too.

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2016-12-01 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
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.