Class
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Mammalia +
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Common name
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Pallas's Cat, Manul +
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Division/Phylum
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Chordata +
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Family
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Felidae +
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Genus
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Felis +
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Header caption
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Pallas's Cat +
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Header image
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Otocolobus manul -Zurich Zoo-8a.jpg +
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IUCN status
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Near Threatened +
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Introdescription
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Pallas's Cat (''Otocolobus manul'' or ''Fe … Pallas's Cat (''Otocolobus manul'' or ''Felis manul''), also known as the Manul, is a small wild cat of Central Asia. It is named after the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas, who first described the species in 1776.
Pallas's Cat is the oldest living species of a clade of felids that includes the modern genus Felis. This feline, along with the extinct Martelli's Cat, was probably one of the first two modern cats to evolve from ''Pseudaelurus'' approximately 12 million years ago. (Source:Wikipedia)y 12 million years ago. (Source:Wikipedia) +
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Name meaning
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The cat is named after the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas, who first described the species in 1776. +
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Order
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Carnivora +
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Page creation date
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12 February 2011 +
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Regnum
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Animalia +
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Species name
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Felis manul +
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User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Categories |
Mammals +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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12 February 2011 16:28:04 +
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