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Wild cat
Felis silvestris is a species containing the subspecies Felis silvestris catus (cat).
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Cat
The cat (Felis catus), also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felines and felids, is a small carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermin and household pests. It...
Scientific name:
- Felis catus
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 183798
Cretan wildcat
The Cretan Wildcat (Felis silvestris cretensis; Greek φουρόκατος) is a Wildcat subspecies that inhabits the Greek island of Crete. It was long thought to have gone extinct, but in 1996 a specimen was captured by an expedition from the University of...
Scientific name:
- Felis silvestris cretensis
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 726330
African wild cat
The African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), also known as the Desert Cat, is a subspecies of the Wildcat (F. silvestris). They appear to have diverged from the other subspecies about 131,000 years ago. Some individual F. s. lybica were first...
Scientific name:
- Felis silvestris lybica
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 726338
European Wildcat
The European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) is a subspecies of the wildcat that inhabits forests of Western, Central and Eastern Europe as well as Scotland and Turkey; it has been extirpated from Scandinavia, England, and Wales. Its physical...
Scientific name:
- Felis silvestris silvestris
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 726325
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 463207
Asiatic Wildcat
The Asiatic Wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata), also known as the Asian Steppe- Wildcat or Indian Desert Cat, is a subspecies of Wildcat that primarily inhabits the Rajasthan Desert, and Rann of Kutch in India and the desert areas of Sindh in...
Scientific name:
- Felis silvestris ornata
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 726342
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 458417
Corsican Wildcat
The Corsican Wildcat (Felis silvestris reyi) is a subspecies of the Wildcat found on the island of Corsica. The Corsican subspecies differs from the others in its dark pelage, short tail, and lack of russet coloring behind the ears.
The subspecies...
Scientific name:
- Felis silvestris reyi
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 726343
Felis silvestris caucasica
The Caucasian wildcat is a wildcat that lives in the Caucasus Mountains and Turkey. It has a brawny body, rounded head and blunted muzzle, short legs, and a relatively short tail.
Scientific name:
- Felis silvestris caucasica
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 726327
