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This article is about the Old World wildcat. For other meanings of Wild Cat and wildcat, see Wildcat (disambiguation).
Wildcat[1]
European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felis
Species: F. The European Wildcat ( Felis silvestris silvestris) is a subspecies of the Wildcat, that inhabits forests of Western, Central and Eastern The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands The diverse order Carnivora (kɑrˈnɪvərə or sometimes /ˌkɑrnɪˈvɔərə/ from Latin carō (stem carn-) "flesh" + vorāre Felidae is the biological family of the cats a member of this family is called a felid. Felis is a Genus of cats in the family Felidae. The genus is composed of these species Chinese Mountain Cat, Felis silvestris
Binomial name
Felis silvestris
Schreber, 1775
The five subspecies of Felis silvestris according to a 2007 DNA study.
The five subspecies of Felis silvestris according to a 2007 DNA study. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber ( Weißensee Thuringia, 1739 — Erlangen, 1810 was a German naturalist. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a [3]
subspecies

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The Wildcat (Felis silvestris), sometimes Wild Cat or Wild-cat, is a small felid native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. Felidae is the biological family of the cats a member of this family is called a felid. It is a hunter of small mammals, birds, and other creatures of a similar size. There are several subspecies distributed in different regions. In Zoology, as in other branches of Biology, subspecies is the Taxonomic rank immediately subordinate to a Species. Sometimes included is the ubiquitous domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus), which has been introduced to every habitable continent and most of the world's larger islands, and has become feral in many of those environments. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic A feral cat (or stray cat, alley cat) is a Cat which has been separated from Domestication through abandonment loss or running away and becomes

In its native environment, the Wildcat is adaptable to a variety of habitat types: savanna, open forest, and steppe. Although domesticated breeds show a great variety of shapes and colours, wild individuals are medium-brown with black stripes, between 45 and 80 cm (18–32 inches) in length, and weigh between 3 and 8 kilograms (6–17. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 6 pounds). The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass Shoulder height averages about 35 cm (14 in) and tail length is about 30 cm (12 in). The African subspecies tends to be a little smaller and a lighter brown in colour.

The Wildcat is extremely timid. It avoids approaching human settlements. It lives solitarily and holds a territory of about 3 km².

A study by the National Cancer Institute suggests that all current house cats in the world are descendants from a group of self-domesticating Wildcats 10,000 years ago, somewhere in the Near East. The National Cancer Institute (NCI is part of the United States Federal government's National Institutes of Health. B Syria - Belka Woman from Damascus Arab from Baghdadjpg|thumb|Inhabitants of the Near East late nineteenth century [3] The closest relative of the Wildcat is the Sand Cat (Felis margarita). The Sand Cat ( Felis margarita) is a small wild cat distributed over African and Asian deserts

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Diet

It is an obligate carnivore, like all felines, and consumes almost every part of any kill it makes; the coat providing roughage, the bones calcium, and the meat everything else, in fact they rarely need to drink because meat has such a high water content. The Wildcat often carries parasitic worms in its gut and will eat long blades of grass to help clear out its system and probably also to obtain certain necessary acids not present in meat.

Subspecies

According to the 2007 DNA analysis, there are only 5 subspecies:[3]

Older texts separated out many more subspecies:

References

  1. ^ Wozencraft, W. The Caucasian wildcat is a Wildcat that lives in the Caucasus Mountains and Turkey. This article is about the terrestrial Eurasian mountain range Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Balearic Islands ( Catalan and official Illes Balears; Spanish: Islas Baleares) are an Archipelago in the western Mediterranean The Corsican Wildcat ( Felis silvestris reyi) is a subspecies of the Wildcat found on the island of Corsica. Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily The European Wildcat ( Felis silvestris silvestris) is a subspecies of the Wildcat, that inhabits forests of Western, Central and Eastern C. (16 November 2005). Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. in Wilson, D. E. , and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 536-537. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.  
  2. ^ Cat Specialist Group (2002). Felis silvestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 5 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  3. ^ a b c Driscoll, CA, et al (2007-06-28). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. "The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication". Science 317 (5837): 519-523. doi:10.1126/science.1139518. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.  

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Dictionary

wildcat

-noun

  1. wild relative of the domestic house cat, member of the genus Felis
  2. one of several large undomesticated species of cat, such as the bobcat
  3. (figuratively) a person who acts like a wildcat, often sexually
  4. (firearms) a caliber of ammunition derived by amending another type of cartridge and not made by commercial manufacturers.
  5. In the labor movement, anything done outside of the control of bosses or trade unions.

-adjective

  1. relating to oil exploration in an area where no oil has been found before
  2. unauthorized by the proper authorities

-verb

  1. to drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before
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