Small Wild Cats

[Ngala]

Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul) from Mongolia.

Photo and information credits: Alex Kirichko
Full Speed.
Male Manul (Pallas's Cat).
The Pallas's cat, also called the Manul, is a small wild cat with a broad but fragmented distribution in the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia,where they inhabit elevations of up to 5,050 m. It is negatively affected by habitat degradation, prey base decline, and hunting, and has therefore been classified as Near Threatened by IUCN since 2002.(Wikipedia)
Many thanks for the organization of this trip to my good friend and very nice wildlife photographer Валерий Малеев.
Mongolia. January 2017. (outside temperature -32 Celsius :-))

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