Pallas cats are one of my favourite animals. I've had the luck of seeing a very vocal and grumpy one in person. They also have a very unique low meow, which also sounds like they're constantly pissed off: http://www.bioacoustica.org/gallery/sounds/Felis_manul1.wav https://youtu.be/DKmBt9sA9hk

That cat looks like its actually pissed off.

Sounds like one of our pair of Burmese cats - same cat can do a remarkably good impersonation of a young child saying "mum".

Pair? You're brave. We had one and it was both noisy and destructive.

There's an April 2016 BuzzFeed video [1m30s] with facts about this cat. You might want to mute it (electronic music overlay).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpakZ0fHzck

Awesome. Looks like something out of a Studio Ghibli film. Wonder if the round pupils mean it is less of a night hunter

Edit: the answer - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/7/e1500391.full

Hunted for their pelts. Don't buy real fur coats.

If you are ever near Fargo, ND, the Red River Zoo[1] has 3 that you can come see in person! :-)

[1] http://redriverzoo.org/animals/pallas-cat/

2 years ago I found out about sand cats (google them, the ears are amazing). But these Pallas cats are positively prehistoric looking!

Cats can see infrared

Not really.[0]

I didn't know this off the top of my head or anything, the cats' eyes in the video reflecting the IR back at the camera prompted my searching for the answer.

[0]: https://www.quora.com/Can-cats-see-IR