#flat-headed cat

[humrpocesku]

Včera mi byla po asi dvou letech přítelkyní připomenuta existence kočky plochočelé. Jsou to opravdu kuriózní miciny, není toho o nich mnoho známo, do roku 1995 se dokonce věřilo, že vyhynuly, ale naštěstí jsou stále mezi námi!

Plochočelky (a nebo jim ještě říkám plackočky, v angličtině se totiž jmenují flat-headed cat) žijí na ostrovech Borneo a Sumatra a taky na Malajském poloostrově. Je možné, že i jinde, ale to už se neví. Neví se ani, kolik jich může vlastně být. Živí se rybami, k jejichž lovu mají dokonce i speciálně uzpůsobený chrup a mezi prsty na packách plovací blánu. Tu kromě plochočelek mají taky jejich příbuzné kočky rybářské. Ale pozor, plackočky se neživí jen rybami, ale taky obojživelníky a rády si pochutnají na sladkých bramborách.

Podle mě jsou to tak trochu ošklivé příšerky a na některých fotografiích mi hodně připomínají outloně, na jiných vydry obrovské (pokud nevíte, jak vypadají, dobře pro vás). To nic nemění na tom, že jsou velice kůl!

[striped-civet]

Flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)

📸 andyaj58 AJ

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Leopard cat lineage

Genus: Prionailurus

Depth: 10 (9 wins away from championship)

Two pleasantly weird-looking cats, both living around water in Southeast Asia and preying mostly on fish. (My favourite sentence of flat-headed cat's wikipedia page: "They have been observed to wash objects, raccoon-style.") The fishing cat shows the standard Prionailurus spots, while the flat-headed cat is the only non-spotted member of the genus. (It's still agouti, not solid colored - in domestic cat terms, this pattern would be called ticked tabby.)

Fishing cat

Flat-headed cat

[thebadgerssett]

Happy Flat (Headed) Fuck Friday!

In a nature group I'm a part of, we were talking about wildcats and I mentioned that the weirder members of the family are my faves. I posted a photo in the chat of this flat-headed cat who's expression looked somewhere between 'no thoughts, head empty' and existential crisis, and we all had a good laugh! So, that was the inspiration for this haha

©NICK GARBUTT

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A rare image of a Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) at night, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Contributed by Danielle Garbouchian (Photo: Sebastian Kennerknecht/Panthera)

[agavegator]

tw // blood

And I'm on my knees at the end to beg for that feeling again

[little-cat-showdown]

[ID: a photo of a flat-headed cat and a photo of an ocelot. the flat-headed cat is a small cat with a red coat. it has very small ears, making the top of its head fairly flat. the ocelot is a medium sized yellow cat with cloud-like markings, a mix of stripes and spots. end ID]

[sophreas]

Last day of February i bring you an absolute banger of a cat. Please google it, look at it's superbness!! I am big fan of big ears, but even I gotta admit that the Flat-headed cat has the cutest little ears.

The tail of this lad turned out way too long, but that's artistic licence XD

The flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps) is native to Borneo, Sumatra and the Thai-Malay peninsula. It is categorised as endangered, because of habitat loss.

[mirtadraws]

Inktober day 22 - flat-headed cat

This year I'm drawing wild cat species for Inktober. Which one would you like to see? Only a few spots left on my list!

[petnews2day]

Rare photos give a glimpse into the lives of wild cats in Malaysia’s tropical jungles

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/h6ldV

Rare photos give a glimpse into the lives of wild cats in Malaysia’s tropical jungles

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. Malaysia’s tropical jungle is one of the most cat-rich areas of […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/h6ldV #CatsNews #CatSpecies, #Cats, #Felines, #FlatHeadedCat, #MalayanTiger, #Malaysia, #Panthera, #RoshanGuharajan, #ThreatenedSpecies, #WildCats

[annuskabriar]

asian small wild cats! this is just everyone i could find that seemed to have their ranges go into asia. this is on etsy as a print here and sticker pack here!

[life-on-our-planet]

The flat-headed cat has eyes positioned farther forward and closer together than other cats, which maximizes binocular vision and makes them especially good at finding and catching food in water. ©Photo Ark

[elsaspants]

Galaxia🪽🌟 3.0

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Leopard cat lineage

Genus: Prionailurus - Final

Depth: 9 (8 wins away from championship)

Enter: our last Prionailurus species, the rusty-spotted cat - this means it was the first one to separate, and so it's the furthest relative of the other species of the genus.

It's also the second smallest feline of the world. And it has rusty spots. So cool.

Flat-headed cat

Rusty-spotted cat

[kittybroker]

Doudou?

The flat headed freak returns! A benign yet unusual creature, Doudou can be found for only $15.67! Peculiar indeed!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Flat-Headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)

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