Black-footed Cat Photo Gallery
Learn more about the black-footed cat (Felis negripes) on the black-footed cat facts page. All photos in this gallery are © by Alexander Sliwa unless otherwise stated and may not be reproduced without permission. Please contact the Black-footed Cat Working Group to request images.
Black-footed Cat Behaviour
Male Jason, the first ever photo taken of a black-footed cat in a tree
Female Gato in her den
Female basking on a frosty morning. Photo Arne Lawrenz
Male sharpening his claws
Male grooming
Male spray marking
Male calling softly for female
Male threatening another one
Mating
Female lashing at male after mating
Black-footed Cat Kittens & Mothers
One-day-old kittens hidden in a hollow termite mound
Luna’s kitten in November 2015
Three-week-old single kitten in a hollow termite mound
Eight-week-old kitten waiting in long grass for mother’s return
Ten-week-old kitten with small bustard remains brought back by their mother
Two-month-old kittens of both sexes in an aardvark dig
Sani’s kittens in October 2016
Affection between mother and kittens
Female returns to kitten with a dwarf mouse
Kitten hunts released mouse
Kitten searches for mouse
Black-footed Cat Hunting Behaviours
Gyra with a korhaan chick
Male waiting for prey
Male searching for prey
Female peering, fully alert for prey
Female trotting agilely
Male stalking slowly
Male scavenging on a springbok lamb
Female feeding on a black bustard
Male feeding on a gerbil
Black-footed Cat Prey Species
Cape hare
Black bustard
Short-tailed gerbil
Spike-heeled lark
African pygmy mouse