Growing Up

Typically an adult Pallas cat will grow to be 5.5 - 10lbs (2.5-4.5 kg), as tall as 12" - 14'" (30-35 cm), and can live up to 6 years (in the wild). 

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Pallas kittens are born with a fluffy coat that will develop into their famous thicker coat. Kittens begin to growl even before they can begin to do much else and are born in litters up to 8 kittens, (Pallascat.org). At four to five months, kittens can independently move around and hunt alongside their mother. It isn't until almost being a year old that the kittens reach sexual maturity and have already left their den to live on their own.

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Adult males grow to be bigger than adult females and they also occupy more land in terms of distance than females. They have small heads with sharp canine teeth (see image below) but in total have less teeth than most wildcats. These sharper teeth help kill and consume their small prey.