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Blue is the range of Felinae (excluding the domestic cat), green is the range of Pantherinae. Felidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is called a felid. [1] [2] The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to domestic cats.
Cat species vary greatly in body and skull sizes, and weights: The largest cat species is the tiger (Panthera tigris), with a head-to-body length of up to 390 cm (150 in), a weight range of at least 65 to 325 kg (143 to 717 lb), and a skull length ranging from 316 to 413 mm (12.4 to 16.3 in).
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]
The caracal (Caracal caracal) /ˈkærəkæl/ is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. Gallery More selected pictures
Out of 655 hair samples, 525 were from cats, including 136 from wild cats. Photos also contribute to the investigation, with 716 portraits, including 268 of wild cats or their look-alikes. [ 60 ] These results highlight the challenge of close coexistence between populations of wild cats and domestic cats, and the resulting hybridization.
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.
It is the smallest habitat of any wild cat species in the world. [16] The Iriomote cat lives predominantly in the subtropical forests that cover the island up to an elevation of 200 m (660 ft). [6] [14] [17] It prefers areas near rivers, forest edges, and places with low humidity. [6] [7] [9]
The loss of the species would have been the first feline extinction since the Smilodon 10,000 years ago. [22] The species used to be classified as a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx, but is now considered a separate species. Both species occurred together in central Europe in the Pleistocene epoch, being separated by habitat choice. [23]