The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the species are scarce. The species’ range is immense, stretching across ...

African wildcats (scientifically known as Felis lybica) are often mistaken for household cats since they have sandy, rusty-red or grey tabby coats.

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed small wildcat, but it’s also one of the least studied. The cat’s conservation status is listed as “of least ...

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the species are scarce. The species’ range is immense, stretching across ...

Many natural behaviours of the African wildcat, such as hunting small prey, exploring freely, climbing trees and hiding in burrows, are deeply ingrained in the genetics of modern domestic cats.

About 10,000 years ago, cats chose to share their lives with humans. All domesticated cats today descend from a wildcat species, Felis silvestris lybica, that originated in Africa and the Middle East.

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Chief of Leghari tribes Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari has confirmed the presence of the extremely rare Asiatic desert cat (Felis lybica ornata) in the Sulaiman Mountain Range of ...

The cat specimen is large and best resembles the African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), rather than present-day domestic cats. There are no native feline species on Cyprus, so the authors presume ...

Modern domestic cats (Felis catus) evolved from the African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), which began living alongside humans in the Middle East. Since their domestication, cats have spread ...