Africa’s smallest wildcat found using abandoned rodent burrows to raise kittens

Mongabay
Jul 28, 2026, 6:25 am128 pts
Africa’s smallest wildcat uses abandoned springhare burrows to raise its kittens, according to new research. There are fewer than 10,000 black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) left in the wild and studies on these nocturnal animals are rare. To learn more about them, a team of researchers tracked five female…

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