tiger cat

1. Any of various small wild felines, such as the ocelot, margay, or jaguarundi, that resemble the tiger in appearance or behavior.

2. A domestic cat, especially a tabby, having markings like those of a tiger.

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tiger cat

1. (Animals) a medium-sized feline mammal, Felis tigrina, of Central and South America, having a dark-striped coat

2. (Animals) any similar feline with tiger-like markings, such as the margay

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ti′ger cat`

1. any of various striped or spotted wildcats smaller than but resembling the tiger, as the serval.

2. a domestic cat having a striped coat resembling that of a tiger.

[1690–1700]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	tiger cat - medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat Felis tigrina Felis, genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
	2.	tiger cat - a cat having a striped coat domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis

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(2010), observed different levels of temporal segregation, with some species displaying apposite schedules (jaguarundi and margay) while others differed in their activity peaks or were active at any time of the day (puma and oncilla).

Separacion temporal del jaguar Panthera onca, puma Puma concolor y ocelote Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) en los bosques tropicales humedos y secos de Costa Rica

Distribucion geografica de la oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) en Colombia e implicaciones para su conservacion.

Un analisis actualizado de la distribucion de especies de carnivoros peruanos listados por CITES para prioridades de conservacion

Influence of cinnamom and catnip on the stereotypical pacing of oncilla cats (Leopardus tigrinus) in captivity.

The effect of visitor number and spice provisioning in pacing expression by jaguars evaluated through a case study/O efeito do numero de visitantes e do provisionamento de especiaria na expressao do pacing por oncas-pintadas avaliado por estudo de caso

Other species such as the margay (Leopardus wiedii, 3-6 kg), the jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi, 3-8 kg), Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi, 2-8 kg), and the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus, 1.5-3.5 kg) are little-studied due to their cryptic behavior (Cuellar et al., 2006; de Oliveira et al., 2010; de Oliveira and Pereira, 2014).

Abundance and activity patterns of medium-sized felids (felidae, carnivora) in Southeastern Mexico

Antibodies were detected in studies conducted in Brazil in the serum from oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), margay (Leopardus wiedii), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), eyra cat (Herpailurus yaguarondi) jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi), cougar (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera onca) (RUTHNER-BATISTA et al., 2005).

Epidemiological status of felid herpesvirus type-1 and feline calicivirus infections in Brazil/Situacao epidemiologica das infeccoes pelo herpesvirus felino tipo 1 e calicivirus no Brasil

It is not clear to me what "tiger cat" is meant to refer to here, for the real 'tiger cat' or oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) is native only to Central and South America, but it is certainly not the 'leopard cat' (Prionailurus bengalensis borneoensis) expressed by PKLD's descendant languages with a reflex of * tubang, nor the 'clouded leopard' which is expressed, for example, in Kelabit and Kemaloh Lundayeh by the term kui(i)r.

"Big Cats" and honorific titles among the Benuaq of East Kalimantan: the case of Timang

Las otras dos especies amenazadas a ese nivel, el gato andino y la oncilla, con cuatro y ninguna publicacion respectivamente, son felidos elusivos y quiza hayan sido dejados de lado debido a una mayor dificultad para conseguir datos sobre ellos.

El orden Carnivora (Mammalia) en el Peru: estado del conocimiento y prioridades de investigacion para su conservacion

Los subgeneros considerados fueron: subgenero Leopardus o verdaderos ocelotes (descrita por Gray, 1842) con una especie -Leopardus pardalis- y nueve subespecies; subgenero Margay (descrito por Gray, 1869), con dos especies Margay tigrina y Margay glaucula con tres y dos subespecies, respectivamente; subgenero Oncilla (descrito por Thomas y redescrito por Allen) con tres especies, Oncilla pardinoides con cinco subespecies, Oncilla causencis y Oncilla guttula con dos subespecies; subgenero Noctifelis (Severtzow, 1858) con una especie, Noctifelis guigna; subgenero Oncifelis (Severtzow, 1858) con tres especies Oncifelis geoffroyi, O.

Taxonomia, distribucion y estado de conservacion de los felinos suramericanos: revision monografica

Debi Willoughby of Jungle Encounters in Uxbridge is determined to use her shows to teach wildlife conservation and awareness of the world's 26 species of small wild cats - including the oncilla, mangay and jaguarundi - many of which are threatened by the destruction of their homes and human pollution.

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