The lions are visible from a platform near the black-footed cat exhibit.

The black-footed cat is one of the smallest cat species.

Black-footed cats have lived for 10 years in captivity.

In early September the female Black-footed cat had two kittens.

Black-footed cats are solitary and strictly nocturnal, thus rarely seen.

Only the pads and underparts of its feet are black, which gives the black-footed cat its name.

Black-footed cats use scent marking throughout their ranges, with males spraying urine up to 12 times an hour.

Black-footed cats are highly unsociable animals that seek refuge at the slightest disturbance.

Cats of Africa, which features African lions and black-footed cats, opened in 2003.

Unlike most other cats, black-footed cats are poor climbers, and will generally ignore tree branches.

A San legend claims that a black-footed cat can kill a giraffe by piercing its jugular.

The springhare's unoccupied burrows are sometimes used for hiding during the daytime by the Black-footed cat.

This project is part of a multidisciplinary effort to study the distribution, ecology, health, and reproduction of black-footed cats over an extended period.

The rusty-spotted cat rivals the black-footed cat as the world's smallest wild cat.

In April 2011, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo reported the births of black-footed cats.

The International Studbook for the black-footed cat is kept in the German Wuppertal Zoo.

Built on a hillside, the area's black-footed cat exhibit is at the top of the slope, with the lion exhibit on the slope itself.

Soon the park will have black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) - their enclosures are currently ready and are holding the fishing cats.

Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)

Domestic Cat / black-footed cat (F. nigripes)

On 6 February 2012, a female black-footed cat kitten, Crystal, was born to a domestic cat surrogate after interspecies embryo transfer.

Black-footed cats hunt mainly by stalking, rather than ambush, using the cover of darkness and all available traces of cover to approach their prey before the final pounce.

The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre engages in research and breeding of endangered species, notably cheetah, African wild dog and black-footed cat.

The wildcat's closest living relatives are the sand cat, the Chinese mountain cat (which may be a subspecies of wildcat), the jungle cat and the black-footed cat.

The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) is the smallest African cat, and is endemic in the south west arid zone of the southern African subregion.