Asiatic wildcat

Asiatic wildcat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Felis
Species:	F. silvestris
Trinomial name
	Felis silvestris ornata; Gray, 1830–1832

The Asiatic wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata) is also known as the Asian Steppe wildcat or Indian Desert cat. It is a subspecies of the Wildcat.

It lives mainly in the Thar Desert, and the Rann of Kutch in India and Pakistan. It is about the size of a domestic cat, with a pale yellowish body marked with black spots.

References

↑ Driscoll, C., Nowell, K. (2010). "Felis silvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Other websites

IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group: Asiatic Wildcat Archived 2012-11-29 at the Wayback Machine

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[iucn-1] Driscoll, C., Nowell, K. (2010). "Felis silvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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