Sardinian wildcat

Sardinian wildcat
Local wild cat in Villagrande Strisaili
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Felis
Species:	F. catus
Binomial name
Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Felis silvestris sarda Lataste, 1885 Lynx lynx sardiniae Mola, 1908 Felis lybica sarda Felis silvestris lybica var. sarda (Mura et. al., 2013)

The Sardinian wildcat (or, less commonly, the Sardinian lynx) is an isolated population of feral cats (Felis catus) on the island of Sardinia, introduced during the Roman Empire.^[1] It has historically been misidentified as a species of lynx or a subspecies of wildcat.

Under the name Felis lybica sarda, it is locally protected as a rare species.^{[citation needed]}