中华田园猫

in cn •  4 months ago 

中华田园猫又称“土猫”,是食肉目猫科动物。 中华田园猫是对中国本土家猫类的统称,根据毛色分为狸花猫、橘猫、三花花猫、白猫、黑猫等多个品种,其中以狸花猫和黄狸猫最常见。
中华田园猫中狸花猫原产于中国。 [4]中华田园猫性格活泼,独立,好奇心重,捕鼠能力强。 中华田园猫经常自己清理毛发,并且常掩盖粪便,防止天敌从其粪便气味发现和追踪。中华田园猫为肉食性动物,有昼伏夜出的习性。中华田园猫在早晨和晚上进食;配种时间一般在夜间。
过去中国的普通家猫一直没有学名,近些年来不少网友将中国普通家猫命名为“中华田园猫”。经过CFA中国长城猫俱乐部历时六年的不懈努力,"中华田园猫"类中的"中国狸花猫"成为了中国目前唯一被世界认可的中国本土自然品种。
在4万年以前,地球上正是哺乳动物兴旺发达的时期,有一种动物叫做剑齿虎。它可以说是猫的最早的祖先,它在2万年以前已经灭绝了,现在我们只能在生物、地质博物馆看到它的化石,想象着它那令人生畏的样子。
还有一种说法是,猫和狗的共同祖先是一种很久以前就灭绝了的动物——古猫兽,熊、黄鼠狼、浣熊、狐狸、美洲小狼等许多动物的祖先很可能也是这种动物。根据考古发现的结果和对古生物的分析、研究,这种动物生活在树上,跟猫、狗有着相似的外表,身体较大,尾巴较长,腿较短,能像猫一样自由伸缩爪子。
家猫是由野猫不断进化而来的。亚洲家猫的祖先是印度沙漠猫、欧洲家猫的祖先是非洲山猫。一些古生物学家在南欧和北非的古代地层中发现了众多的野猫遗骨,因而可推测猫在上新世冰河期就已经是足迹遍布的野生动物了。

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