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Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Die Säugethiere vol.3 23 p.397

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Felidae
genus
Felis
species
Felis silvestris

Name

Homonyms
Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777
Common names
Al qit in Arabic
Asian races in English
Asian races in English
Asiatic Steppe Wildcat in English
Asiatic Steppe Wildcat in English
Basakatu in Basque
Basakatua in Basque
Cath Wyllt in Welsh
Cathod Gwyllt in Welsh
Caucasian wildcat in English
Caucasian wildcat in English
Caucasian wildcat in English
Chat forestier in French
Chat forestier in French
Chat forestier in French
Chat forestier, Chat sauvage in French
Chat sauvage in French
Chat sauvage in French
Chat sauvage in French
Chat sauvage d’Europe in French
Common Wild Cat in English
Desert Cat in English
Desert Cat in English
Desert Cat (Asian races) in English
Desert Cat (Asian races) in English
Divja mačka in Slovenian
Divlja mačka in Bosnian
European wildcat in English
European wildcat in English
European wildcat in English
Europäische Wildkatze in German
Europäische Wildkatze/Waldkatze in German
Evrópski villiköttur in Icelandic
Forest Cat in English
Gat fer in Catalan–Valencian
Gat salvatge in Catalan–Valencian
Gato in language.
Gato bravo in Galician
Gato cabeçanas in Portuguese
Gato montes in language.
Gato montesino in Aragonese
Gato montés in Spanish
Gato montés in Spanish
Gato montés in Spanish
Gato montés in Spanish
Gato montés in English
Gato montés Euroasiático in Spanish
Gato-bravo in Portuguese
Gato-bravo in Portuguese
Gato-cabeçanas in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

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  7. Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
  8. Palomo LJ, Gisbert J (2002) Atlas de los mamíferos terrestres de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-SECEM-SECEMU. Madrid. 564 pp.
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  12. Román J, Ruiz G, Delibes M (1999) Estatus, distribución y problemas de conservación de los mamíferos carnívoros y otros vertebrados terrestres en los sectores norte y oeste del Parque Natural de Doñana. Informe inédito. 180 pp
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