Felis chaus (carnivore)

Mass: 5.3 kg based on de Winton 1898 and Ward 1926

Diet: carnivore based on Mohammad 2008

Abundance: 0.09 to 4.22% (median 0.73%)

Latitudinal range: 6.6° to 35.6°

Habitats: (3), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (8)

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Found in 14 samples

Cambodia: Chhep Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri Protected Forest

India: Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Similipal Tiger Reserve (camera traps), Akole Tahsil, Dachigam National Park, Bharatpur and Jagannathprasad, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (good habitat area), Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (poor habitat area)

Iraq: Palegawra Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Shikma Biosphere Zone (summer), Shikma Biosphere Zone (winter), Ubeidiya (Layer II-23) (Early Pleistocene)

Sri Lanka: Fa-Hien Lena Cave (Phase C) (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass3827 kgN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ body mass5046 kgN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ body mass6435 kgN = 1de Winton 1898
body mass4082 kgN = 1Ward 1926
body mass6350 kgN = 1Ward 1926
body mass7257 kgN = 1Ward 1926
♀ ear length63 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ ear length64 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ ear length72 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♀ head and body length620 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ head and body length720 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ head and body length760 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
head and body length610 mmN = 1Ward 1926
head and body length889 mmN = 1Ward 1926
♀ hind foot length145 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ hind foot length170 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ hind foot length174 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ hind foot length145 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♀ skull length108 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♀ skull length115 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull length119 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull length122 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull length132 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull length120.5 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull length110 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♀ skull width70 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♀ skull width74.5 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull width78.5 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull width76.2 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull width75.5 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull width84.5 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull width78 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ skull width71.6 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♀ tail length210 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ tail length270 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
♂ tail length280 mmN = 1de Winton 1898
tail length254 mmN = 1Ward 1926

See also Felis, Felis catus, Felis lunensis, Felis lybica, Felis margarita, Felis nigripes, Felis silvestris, Felis sp., Felis spp., Felis teilhardi