Meet the Cat-Fox, an Oddball Feline Roaming Around a French Island

[blondebanshee]

A bizarre-looking cat that roams the remote forests of the French island of Corsica may be a new species, according to local news reports.

These felines are known to locals as "cat-foxes," and wildlife rangers in Corsica think that they might be a new, undocumented species, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).

These cat-foxes earned their name because of their size (slightly larger than an average domestic cat) and their tail decorations — most of them have two to four rings on their tails that end in a black tip. The cats are about 35 inches (90 centimeters) long from head to tail; they have wide ears, short whiskers and dog-like teeth, according to the AFP.

[link:https://www.livescience.com/65744-cat-fox-new-species.html|

[Bayard]

1. Just looks like a big old red tabby to me.

[TrunKated]

3. yes

Pretty much.

[TygrBright]

2. That tail makes "raccat" more descriptive. Nothing particularly foxlike about them.

But the tail is definitely raccoon-esque.

amusedly,
Bright

[MagickMuffin]

4. This thread is useless without pics

So, here ya go!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

5. And here's a video. . .

[sl8]

6. Shouldn't it be "fox cat"?

Last edited Thu Jun 20, 2019, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Doesn't the descriptive term generally come first? E.g., whale shark, elephant seal, leopard seal, etc..

Or, does making it a hyphenated term get them off the hook??