Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The marsh-lynx, Felis chaus, in-habiting portions of Asia and Africa.
- noun [capitalized] A generic name of the aquatic lynxes resembling the above: as, Chaus libyæus, the Libyan chaus, and C. caffer, the Kafir cat.
- noun Same as
chouse , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (
Lynx Lybicus ).
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Examples
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Içi, au mileau d'Angleterre il fait 19C, très chaus pour nous à cette époque.
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Other mammals include three species of wild cat, Felis bengalensis, F. chaus and F. viverrina, and Ganges River dolphin Platanista gangetica (EN), which occurs in some of the larger waterways.
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Içi, au mileau d'Angleterre il fait 19C, très chaus pour nous à cette époque.
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These include ruffled mouflon or Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia (I), once thought extinct in the area, caracal Felis caracal, cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (V) and dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (V), reed cat Felis chaus and sand cat F. margarita.
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Healthy populations of swamp cat (Felis chaus) can be found around Lake Manzala.
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Other species that deserve conservation attention in this ecoregion include its largest predator, the common leopard (Panthera pardus), and some of the smaller predators such as the jungle cat (Felis chaus) and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).
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Wild cats such as common leopard (Panthera pardus) and caracal (Caracal caracal) are found on the hills of Baluchistan, whereas the jungle cat (Felis chaus) and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) are in the northern plains.
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Along the Atrek river down to its delta, one finds the Central Asian otter (Lutra lutra), jungle cat (Felis chaus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), turtles (Emys orbicularis, Mauremys caspica), and Coluber schmidti.
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Species less commonly seen include otter (Lutra lutra) and jungle cat (Felis chaus oxiana).
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The ecoregion also contains the leopard (Panthera pardus) and several smaller predators such as the jungle cat (Felis chaus), fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).
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