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Ancestor: Felis catus (Domestic Cat)

Descendants: Megakitties

Size: 60cm (+ Tail 90cm)

Dietary Needs: Various prey including mice, rabbits, lizards, small birds, and very occasional aquatic prey such as crayfish and trout though they don't always encounter water often.

Life Cycle: While males hold territories, they will roam in spring and summer to track the scents of females in oestrus. Females also hold territories that are larger than those of the males for kitten-rearing. Females typically don't roam unless they have not found an area that is suitable for raising kittens, such as not enough prey or cover, or too many overlaps and conflicts with neighbouring territories.

A male and female encounter can be complex, and the nature of the encounter can depend much on individual cat personalities and experience. There can often be a long, drawn-out courtship by the male including gifts of prey to win over the female's receptiveness. However, some males are more forceful, risking injury and future receptiveness from that female to skip the energy and time expenditure of courtship. Once again, it's complex, as some females are drawn to this type of male while others learn avoidance of them.

Females raise their kittens alone and are especially aggressive towards other cats while they have kittens. They scatter from their mother at around 7 months old. They are also capable of having their own kittens at this age but usually don't if a harsh season is approaching, such as the dry season.

Other: Generalist predator that can survive in a mixture of common habitats, including lower elevations of mountains. They compete well against cat species that their range overlaps with due to being the heavyweights of this time stop's cats. Although they catch a lot of smaller prey, rabbits make up a large part of their diet more so than other cat species, except for the jumping cats which specialise more in rabbit hunting.

They are the most solitary species of cat so far, even meeting between potential mates can be a tense affair. They dislike sharing space and will fight over territory if it comes to that. Encounters involve a lot of eye contact, standing upright on hind legs, hissing, growling and yelling to determine the tougher cat and avoid bloodshed. The more intimidated cat will break eye contact and leave cautiously.

They are a species complex, with variation extremes occurring in the North West, South West and East of their range. At the North West of their range they tend to be larger and heavier, with lighter coats and light or faded markings. South West they are slightly smaller, but this is hidden by their fluffier coat. They tend to have darker fur, closer to brown, and bold markings. East tend to have lighter coloured coats like in the North West, and exhibit a range between bold, faded or no markings. They are also smaller than the North West subspecies, and are not as fluffy as the South West subspecies. East dwellers tend to be more arid tolerant also.