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http://www.theguardian.com/environm...ootage-african-golden-cat-sheds-light-species
''Close-up of a mother African golden cat with her kitten. Photograph: David Mills/WCS/Panthera.''
First ever footage of African golden cat sheds light on species
Camera trap film of one of the world’s most elusive cats shows the animal stalking a group of monkeys in Uganda
Conservationists have recorded the first ever video of the African golden cat, the continent’s least-studied wild cat and one of the planet’s most elusive.
In the footage, captured in Kibale national park in south Uganda, the cat stalks and rushes a group of red colobus monkeys before appearing to beat a retreat.
The camera trap film follows the recent publication of the first photographs of African golden cat kittens, which suggested that mothers of the two colourings of the species – a reddish brown and grey – can produce kittens of both colours.
''Close-up of a mother African golden cat with her kitten. Photograph: David Mills/WCS/Panthera.''