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| Chinese mountain cat | |
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| Chinese mountain cat in Xining Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Felis |
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| Felis bieti[1][2] Milne-Edwards, 1892
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| Distribution of the Chinese mountain cat as of 2022[3] | |
The Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti), also known as Chinese desert cat and Chinese steppe cat, is a small wild Felis species with sand-coloured fur, faint dark stripes on the face and legs and black tipped ears. It is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau of western China, where it lives in grassland above elevations of 2,500 m (8,200 ft). It has been listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2002.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kitchener_al2017was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Felis bieti". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 534. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c Luo, S.-J.; Han, S.; Song, D.; Li, S.; Liu, Y.; He, B.; Zhang, M. & Yamaguchi, N. (2022). "Felis bieti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T8539A213200674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T8539A213200674.en. Retrieved 20 March 2023.