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Felis silvestris lybica (African wild cat)

Synonyms: Felis lybica

Wikipedia Abstract

The African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), also called Near Eastern wildcat is a wildcat subspecies that lives in Africa and around the periphery of the Arabian Peninsula. The status Least Concern on the IUCN Red List is attributed to the species, including all subspecies of wildcats.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Aguelmams Sidi Ali - Tifounassine 1483 Morocco      
Calamocarro-Benzú 1487 Spain  

Prey / Diet

Antidorcas marsupialis (springbok)[1]
Otomys angoniensis (Angoni vlei rat)[2]
Otomys irroratus (vlei rat)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)1
Tyto alba (Barn Owl)2

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Antidorcas marsupialis, James W. Cain III, Paul R. Krausman, and Heather L. Germaine, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 753, pp. 1–7 (2004)
♦ 2Otomys angoniensis, G. N. Bronner and J. A. J. Meester, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 306, pp. 1-6 (1988)
♦ 3Otomys irroratus, G. Bronner, S. Gordon, and J. Meester, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 308, pp. 1-6 (1988)
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 5International Flea Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0