Asiatic wildcat

Asiatic wildcat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Felis
Species:
F. lybica
Subspecies:
F. l. ornata
Trinomial name
Felis lybica ornata
Gray, 1830–1832

The Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica ornata), also known as the Asian steppe wildcat and the Indian desert cat, is an African wildcat subspecies that occurs from the eastern Caspian Sea north to Kazakhstan, into western India, western China and southern Mongolia.[1][2] There is no information on current status or population numbers across the Asiatic wildcat's range as a whole, but populations are thought to be declining.[3][4]

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  3. ^ Ghoddousi, A.; Belbachir, F.; Durant, S.M.; Herbst, M. & Rosen, T. (2022). "Felis lybica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T131299383A154907281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T131299383A154907281.en. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ Jutzeler, E.; Xie, Y.; Vogt, K. (2010). "Cats in China: Asian wildcat" (PDF). Cat News (Special Issue 5): 42–43.