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The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) is a small wildcat species native to continental Europe, Great Britain, Turkey and the Caucasus. Its fur is brownish to grey with stripes on the forehead and on the sides and has a bushy tail with a black tip.
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the African wildcat (F. lybica).The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while the African wildcat inhabits semi-arid landscapes and steppes in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, into western India and western China. [2]
This category is for articles pertaining to the two wildcat species, their subspecies, and populations formerly considered subspecies. Pages in category "Wildcats" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Kellas cat is a hybrid between domestic cat and European wildcat occurring in Scotland. [25] The Corsican wildcat is considered to have been introduced to Corsica before the beginning of the 1st millennium. [26] [27] A genetic study of a dozen individuals showed that they are closely related to the African wildcat originating in the Middle ...
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Felis grampia was the scientific name proposed in 1907 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. who first described the skin and the skull of a wildcat specimen from Scotland. He argued that this male specimen from Invermoriston was the same size as the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), but differed by a darker fur with more pronounced black markings and black soles of the paws. [2]
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The Cretan wildcat is a member of the genus Felis that inhabits the Greek island of Crete. Its taxonomic status is unclear at present, as some biologists consider it probably introduced, or a European wildcat ( Felis silvestris silvestris ), or a hybrid between European wildcat and domestic cat ( F. catus ). [ 1 ]