Small, southern hemisphere cat seen on Discovery channel,, can anyone ID?

There was a show on Discovery or the History channel LATE last night.
It was ostensibly about trees, but they discussed the various wildlife
that live underneath the canopy.

Somewhere in a lower latitude they came across an elusive wildcat that
was pegged as "smallest in the world". Adults weigh only 5 pounds. The
second thing I thought (the first being "awww.. look how cute it is
ripping that bird's head off") was, "I wonder if anyone's tried to
crossbreed them like Savannahs or Bengals".

If anyone saw that show or knows what beast I'm talking about, I'd
love to find some online pics. It looked like a mini-bobcat, iirc.

Thanks

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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:56:53 -0600, "-Lost"
wrote:

Response to Brian Link :

There was a show on Discovery or the History channel LATE last
night. It was ostensibly about trees, but they discussed the
various wildlife that live underneath the canopy.

Somewhere in a lower latitude they came across an elusive wildcat
that was pegged as "smallest in the world". Adults weigh only 5
pounds. The second thing I thought (the first being "awww.. look
how cute it is ripping that bird's head off") was, "I wonder if
anyone's tried to crossbreed them like Savannahs or Bengals".

If anyone saw that show or knows what beast I'm talking about, I'd
love to find some online pics. It looked like a mini-bobcat, iirc.

Mr. Peebles? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_NGPrIgDbk (joke)

http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/110746.html (joke)

Seriously though:

http://images.google.com/images?q=Kodkod
...also known as...
http://images.google.com/images?q=Guigna

Or perhaps the Black Footed Cat (I see Alice beat me to it):
http://images.google.com/images?q=Black-Footed%20Cat
http://messybeast.com/small-wildcats.htm

I believe the Black-Footed Cat is the "official" smallest wildcat.
Not totally sure though.

Thanks, -Lost! The Kodkod is the kitty I saw!

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Black footed cat? If so, the female can weight only 2 lbs. The males
are 5 lbs. I think they live in South Africa...

A.

Response to Brian Link :

There was a show on Discovery or the History channel LATE last
night. It was ostensibly about trees, but they discussed the
various wildlife that live underneath the canopy.

Somewhere in a lower latitude they came across an elusive wildcat
that was pegged as "smallest in the world". Adults weigh only 5
pounds. The second thing I thought (the first being "awww.. look
how cute it is ripping that bird's head off") was, "I wonder if
anyone's tried to crossbreed them like Savannahs or Bengals".

If anyone saw that show or knows what beast I'm talking about, I'd
love to find some online pics. It looked like a mini-bobcat, iirc.

Mr. Peebles? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_NGPrIgDbk (joke)

http://www.strangezoo.com/content/item/110746.html (joke)

Seriously though:

http://images.google.com/images?q=Kodkod
....also known as...
http://images.google.com/images?q=Guigna

Or perhaps the Black Footed Cat (I see Alice beat me to it):
http://images.google.com/images?q=Black-Footed%20Cat
http://messybeast.com/small-wildcats.htm

I believe the Black-Footed Cat is the "official" smallest wildcat.
Not totally sure though.

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Response to "-Lost" :

Mr. Peebles? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_NGPrIgDbk (joke)


Oh, it appears Mr. Peebles has some competition in Heed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...ews/news.html?
in_article_id=399766&in_page_id=1770

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