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Monitoring without being monitored: how the Pallas’s cat Otocolobus manul (Pallas 1776) avails of rocks
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Behavioural observations and related images from eastern Mongolia, including a previously unreported maternal behaviour, highlight a unique adaptation of the Pallas's cat as a "safety specialist", as suggested by ecological studies. A comparison is made with the sand cat Felis margarita (Loche 1858), which shares some morphological and behavioural traits but remains even less studied in the field.
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Monitoring without being monitored: how the Pallas’s cat Otocolobus manul (Pallas 1776) avails of rocks. (2025). Natural History Sciences. https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2025.840
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