The smallest cat in the world has the largest weight of less than four pounds.

In nature, there are about 40 kinds of wild cats. From grasslands to snowy mountains, they can see their healthy figures from desert to rain forests. The Siberian tiger is the largest cat in the world, with a weight of 350 kg. Do you know what is the smallest cat in the world?

The rust leopard cat and black -footed cat are also called the smallest cats in the world. They are equal to the two, and they can be held in the palm of the palm. However, from the perspective of weight, black -footed cats are obviously heavier than rust leopard cats.

Adult rust leopard cats weigh between 0.8 and 1.6 kg, and only one -third of the general cats weigh. The newly born rust leopard cats are even 60 grams, which is equivalent to a heavy egg. The adult black -footed cats weigh 1.3 kg, and the male body shape is 31%larger than the female, and it is 1.9 kg heavier. Let's start with the rust leopard cat.

Can swim on the tree

The rust leopard cat belongs to the animal of the leopard cat and mainly lives in the deciduous forests and shrubs of India and Sri Lanka. They have six black markings extending to their foreheads and cheeks. There is a circle of white eyeliner around their eyes. The body is distributed with reddish brown spots. It looks like a rust, so it is called a rust leopard cat.

Although they are not large, they should not have the skills of various cats, running, stepping, jumping, swimming, and trees.

When they walk in the rainforest, the small body shape makes them look very light and agile. Falling leaves are their best camouflage, because their body shape is small enough to be covered by the leaves. The rust leopard cat only needs to disappear without a trace of a drill under the fallen leaves.

So even if they run from you, you may not be able to see their traces, and may be regarded as an adult little wild cat.

The vision of rust leopard cats is 6 times that of human beings. It can capture many subtle changes in the environment, whether it is a falling leaves or flying insects. Their hearing is also very good, and they can hear many sounds that many humans can't hear. Their beard roots are full of nerve endings, and they can even feel the changes in airflow.

And their sense of smell is even more sensitive. It is said that it can distinguish 1 billion different odors, and dogs can only distinguish 2 million kinds of odor. It can be said that the nose of the rust leopard cat is more spiritual than the dog's nose. The outstanding perception ability makes the rust leopard cat seem to build a pair of 3D maps of the rain forest in his head, and can find your home at the fastest speed.

When encountering streams in the rain forest, the rust leopard cat can pass by. Compared with their body shape, the bouncing power of the rust leopard cat can be said to be very good. Their jumping posture is as light as a cheetah. If you encounter a river that can not be jumped, rust leopard cats can swim like a tiger.

You can eat half a pound of meat in a meal

The smallest cat rust leopard cat in the world, known as the "cat family hummingbird", is not only describing their heads of the head, but also describing it like a hummingbird. Big stomach king.

Different from the temperature -changing animals that can be full for a long time, as a constant temperature animal, most foods you eat must be used to generate calories to keep the temperature constant. The smaller the body, the faster the heat is lost, and the greater the food needs.

Only the rust -sprayed leopard cat with the size of the slap requires at least 6%of food weighing every day, and it takes more to eat. There was an interesting thing in the Frank Zoo in Germany. A rust -speaking leopard cat weighing 1.6 kg weighed a 1.77 kg rabbit and ate 320 grams of rabbit meat at one time, which is equivalent to it. 20%of your own weight.

The same is true of black -footed cats like rust leopard cats, and they are also a big stomach king. They need to prey for more than 10 mice overnight. However, compared with the black -footed cat known as the "killing machine", the character of the rust leopard cat is much more mild. Their main food turned out to be insects, which is related to the environment of their lives.

The number of insects is also very large in the rain forest with rich resources. For rust -spotted leopard cats, hunting insects are very cost -effective. The insects are not large, and even rust -spots can be easily captured, and they are rich in protein and have high nutritional value. The most important thing is that you don't have to worry about being counterattacked by insects.

In this way, the rust -spotted leopard cat has evolved into the world's favorite cat family. Of course, the opportunity to capture other prey will not miss the rust leopard cats. They are in their skills. It is not difficult to catch the birds on the ground to catch the birds. In terms of hunting, rust leopard cats are definitely excellent and fierce hunters.

Especially in catching birds, rust -spotted leopard cats are a semi -live animal. They like to stay on the trees very much. They can stay away from dangerous hunters and look at the distance. Birds are therefore one of the main sources of rust leopard cats. The rust leopard cat will even live in the tree hole to avoid the storm.

In the 19th century, British artist Jenden had raised a rust leopard cat. Only the size of the palm of the palm was loved by people, but its temperament was like large cats such as a lion tiger. Records in Jenden's book:

On one occasion, people took an antelope cub to the rusty leopard cat. The kitten did not know what stimulation was, and immediately fiercely developed, regarding the antelope as a prey. With an excellent bouncing power, he jumped to the antelope cub, and then biting an antelope like a tiger, he refused to loosen his neck.

Although it is limited by the body shape, the rust leopard cat did not kill the antelope, but people also spent great strength to separate it from an antelope. The appearance of the rust leopard cat is as cute as a kitten, but after all, it is wild animals, which is difficult to domesticate. For freedom to print in their genes, if they are locked in a cage, they will crazy about cages and scarred themselves.

Moreover, the rust -spotted leopard cat has been included in the near -hazardous animals in the red list of endangered species in 2021, which is a state -protected animal and cannot be raised privately. The number of them is extremely scarce. At present, only Sri Lanka, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States are raised with rust leopard cats in some zoo in some zoo in some zoo in some zoo in some Zoo in some Zoo in some of the Sri Lanka, Germany, Britain, and the United States. There are less than 10,000 field individuals.

These rust leopard cats are basically the descendants of a pair of rust leopard cats in the Frank Zoo in 1975. Many of our cognition of rust leopard cats are also obtained from the rust leopard cats in these zoo. For example, their life span is very long, and the rust leopard cats in the zoo can live up to 18 years old.

However, they are not suitable for living outside the rain forest. Even the rust leopard cats in the zoo are the same. In the zoo, they will infect the infectious diseases of some cats. If you really like them, let them live freely in the rain forest.