Infrared cameras have captured rare video of five Chinese desert cats frolicking and wrestling together in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The Chinese desert cat, also known as the Chinese mountain cat, is a wild cat endemic to western China and is under second-class national protection. Solitary by nature and small in number, desert cats are sparsely distributed throughout the region. The only endemic cat species in China is also classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conse
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Chinese desert cats photographed in the wild Bian Zhongjian, a Chinese photographer, captured Felis bieti, also known as the Chinese #desertcat, an endemic species in China under first-class state protection, in Haiyan county, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's #Qinghai Province. The Felis bieti mainly lives in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the flagship species and the indicator species for the #biodiversity conservation of the ecosystem in the shallow
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Cute and relaxing moment: Four fluffy Chinese desert cats were captured enjoying leisure time at the Qilian Mountain National Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The species is unique to China and receives first-class national protection. #biodiversity | People's Daily, China
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In China's NW Gansu Province, a desert cat was found hunting in the alpine meadow area of the Taizi Mountain Nature Reserve. The desert cat is unique in China and is a national class-I protected wild animal. This is the first time that a desert cat's activities have been observed in the Taizi Mountain Nature Reserve. #ChinaBiodiversity #PlanetMatters #EcoCivilization | CGTN Global Watch
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Look at these adorable Chinese desert cats frolicking with their mom in Haiyan county, #Qinghai Province! Listed as a national first-class protected animal in China, the Chinese desert cat is a precious feline species of great importance to ecological diversity. #EcoChina #biodiversity | Xi's Moments
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Rare footage of a desert cat eating a wild chicken during the daytime has been captured in Aba Prefecture in southwestern China's Sichuan Province. It was caught on camera by a group of scientists conducting a survey on biodiversity in the area on January 7. The feline, under first-class state protection in China, is usually active at night and sleeps in sheltered burrows during the day. #ChinaBiodiversity #PlanetMatters | CGTN Global Watch
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