Tiger bush gets its name because the bands and patches of trees and shrubs found in arid climes often grow in ways that , viewed from above , look like the stripes and spots on feline coats .
Unlike plasmodium , however , which can rely on the natural behaviour of mosquitoes to spread it around , toxoplasma 's rodent hosts have a strong aversion to helping it into its next home . Which is where , in dr webster 's elegant phrase , fatal feline attraction comes in .
Feline coat patterns fall into two categories : stripes and spots .
猫科动物皮毛特征分为两大类:条纹特征与斑点特征。
This feline wastrapped by a hunter high in the wakhan mountains of afghanistan .
一位猎人在阿富汗瓦汉山顶捕获这只猫科动物。
But to know for sure she needed details , especially the faint claw mark beyond the toe pad that distinguishes canid from feline .
但要确认的话她还需要一些细节,尤其是那个模糊的,却能够区分开犬科和猫科动物的脚趾印。
Like plasmodium , which cycles between mosquitoes and man , toxoplasma cycles between its rodent and feline hosts , living out different phases of its existence in each .