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  2. Wildcat - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of felids - Wikipedia

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    Diet: Rodents and rabbits, and to a lesser extent birds and other small animals [66] LC Unknown [66] Black-footed cat. F. nigripes Burchell, 1824: Southern Africa: Size: 37–52 cm (15–20 in) long, 14–20 cm (6–8 in) tail [67] Habitat: Savanna, grassland, and desert [68] Diet: Small mammals and birds [68] VU 9,700 [68] Chinese mountain cat ...

  4. Scottish wildcat - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. European wildcat - Wikipedia

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    European wildcat in a zoo in Děčín, Czech Republic. Felis (catus) silvestris was the scientific name proposed in 1778 by Johann von Schreber when he described a wild cat based on texts from the early 18th century and before. [3] In the 19th and 20th centuries, several wildcat type specimens were described and proposed as subspecies, including:

  6. Bobcat - Wikipedia

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    The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the wildcat, bay lynx, [2] [3] or red lynx, [4] is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. Native to North America , it ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico .

  7. African wildcat - Wikipedia

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    African wildcats were first domesticated about 10,000 years ago in the Near East, and are the ancestors of the domestic cat (F. catus). [1] Domestic cats and African wildcats remain closely related in the present day; interspecific hybrids between domestic cat and African wildcats are common, and occur where their ranges overlap. [22]

  8. The Ultimate List: 101 Animals That Start With ‘A’ - AOL

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    This wild cat is native to Asia. However, due to deforestation and poaching, this beautiful creature has been listed as “near threatened” on the IUCN Red List since 2008. 81.

  9. List of largest cats - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of extant species in the Felidae family, which aims to evaluate their size, ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. The list does not contain cat hybrids, such as the liger or tigon.