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African Golden Cat

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Author: Zoogirl

Keywords: big cats, real animals

Originally released: March 2003

Updated: September 2008 by Fern
Current ZK_africangoldcat.ztd dated 27 September 2008

File Size: 390.2K

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: Part of the Zoo Kingdom Collection, this recolor & stat change was created by Zoogirl.

Real animal originally created March 2003
"The African gold cat is a medium sized cat on the small side. Adult males weigh only 11-12 kg. The African gold cat has both reddish brown and greyish color form and its coat can be both plain or spotted. The African species tend to be more spotted."

Updated September 2008 by fern
It was updated to remove unused files from the ".ztd", to fix some of the spacing and spelling mistakes in the animal info, to remove unnecessary lines in the configuration, to show the foliage tooltip for the female and young, to set it as nonjumping since it does not have jumping graphics, to have it use young jaguar sounds since it is the size of young jaguars, and to have it like itself, others of the Cat family, and rainforest items to match its habitat setting.

*Note:
While this animal appears in the rainforest menu, it does not like rainforest terrain. Since this was part of the original animal design we have not changed this as it would affect any previously saved zoos.
"Whenever an animal is selected in the animal purchase menu of ZT, a habitat icon is shown for that selected animal. This icon indicates a habitat where that animal likes much of the foliage and rocks. For example, if the habitat icon is for Savannah, that animal will like much, although not necessarily all, of the Savannah foliage. The habitat is not related to terrain. For example, an animal might like Savannah foliage but not like savannah terrain. This is not considered a problem. Sometimes that situation occurs due to the limitations of ZT configuring."

Additional info:

ZK_africangoldcat.ztd                                      uca: D1638210 dated 10 March 2003

Results From Configuration Checking:

d1638210.uca date: Mon Mar 10 18:33:32 2003
*** Warning: The [] section is unnecessary and could be removed. Fixed Sept 2008
*** Warning: cHabitat does not have max [cSuitableObjects] habitat value. Fixed Sept 2008
*** Warning: Sum of family, genus, and animal id/type values are < 0. Fixed Sept 2008
*** Warning: uca/ai file contains the word 'Undefined'. Fixed Sept 2008
*** Warning: BehaviorSet sections contain duplicate lines. Fixed Sept 2008
Animal Type: D1638210

African gold cat

The African gold cat-real march o3 By ZooGirl-ZooKingdom he african goldcat is
a mediumn sized cat on the small side.Adult males weigh only 11-12 kg.The
african goldcat has both reddish brown and greyish colorform and its coat can
be  both plain or spotted.The african species tend to be more spotted.Dispite
a strikingly simularity to the asian goldcat,may belive they are not closely
related.The african gold cat has never been formally studied so not much is
known about its behavior.It is reportedly to be nocturnal and to rest in trees
during the day it may also hunt in trees to some exstent.But probably hunts
mostly on the ground.Some of there prey include rodents and injured
primates.They prey on mainly small size to midsize mamals.including tree
hyraxes,the  larger rodents.also smaller forest antelopes.On the contrary they
found small rodents to be more important .Some stomachs exsamined showed small
birds,monkeys,rodents,and birds in scats exsamined.and some found fish as
well.Although there have been reports on predatation on  domestic animals
including chickens,goats, and sheep such predatation seems to be rare.        
                           Biology-acording to the pygmies of  north east
Zaire,one Katembo also found one babie fell from tree  and one in a hollow
log.The prmary habatat of the african gold cat is the moist forest of
Equatorial africa including mangrove and alpine bamboo forest.Golden cats can
penetrate savanah grasslands along belts of riveeine forest.and so there
distrubution probably extends beyond that.few have been found in the arrid
areas of africa.golden cats adapt well to logged areas,as the destruction of
the canopy favors the dense secondary which they are adapted from.some reports
say it has been found in the congo as well.The golden cat has been reported
being found in up to 3,600m and in Kenya's moutains.Small patches of the
golden cats skin have totemic value for wrapping things in.Because of taboos
many people are prevented from discussing the animal directly.It is fully
protected.Hunting is prohibited in
Angola,Benin,Burkina,Faso,Congo,Kenya,Liberia,Nigeria,Rwanda,sierra,Leone and
Zaire.Hunting is regulated in Gabon,Liberia,and tongo.                        
                 Princaple threats are-Savannization in west Africa has
probably led to poplulation declines and fragmentation,unless there is
migration  along riverrine corrodoors.            Enjoy ZooGirl and
Spiritwolf-ZooKingdom for Naykay and Tab,Mike My good friends your the best!
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resemblance to any other animal out there is purely coinsedental and
unintential if you are concerned please email me politely so we can disscus
it.All animals are copyrighted zookingdom.

Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Rainforest; Location: South America
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 89.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Acacia Caffra Tree, Thorn Acacia Tree, Ulmo Tree, Eucalyptus Tree
Hard Quandong Tree, Red Gum Tree, Thorn Bush, Yellow Fever Tree, Baobab Tree
Umbrella Thorn Tree, Tall Grass, Grass Tree, Kapok Tree, Khejri Tree
Sigillaria Tree (DD), Senegal Date Palm (ES)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Rainforest Rock - Formation, Medium Savannah Rock (DD), Termite Mound (ES)

Other specifically liked items:
Waterfall Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-4 with 18 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 36 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 36 grid squares):
28 Savannah Grass, 4 Dirt, 4 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 36 grid squares):
3 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Thorn Acacia Tree
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 3 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 36 grid squares):
2 Medium Savannah Rock (DD), which is its most liked rock,
and 2 Small Rock - Small.