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This Wildcat Helped Create the House Cat and Is Now at Risk Because of It

・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 concern” by ...
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Tabby’s likely ancestor & Earth’s most widespread wildcat is an enigma

In search of the common wildcat nobody knows Herbst carried out her study in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a known African wildcat habitat straddling the borders of South Africa and Botswana. The ...
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Endangered Asian Wildcat Explores New Habitat at Memphis Zoo with Wide-Eyed Wonder

The Asian fishing cat is a medium-sized wildcat native to South and Southeast Asia. It has brownish gray fur with black markings and spots, similar to a tabby cat, but is about twice the size of a ...
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Domestic cats pose interbreeding threat to little known wildcat ancestor

Domestic cats are hugely popular as pets, yet little is known about their ancestor, the Afro-Asiatic wildcat. This species, Felis lybica, is the most widely distributed wildcat in the world, but ...
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Community gathers for nature cleanup at Wildcat Glades

JOPLIN, Mo. — Volunteers exercised their green thumbs today as they helped clean up nature near Shoal Creek. Wildcat Glades Habitat Restoration Volunteer Day kicked off along Shoal Creek in the ...
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Tabby’s likely ancestor & Earth’s most widespread wildcat is an enigma

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 concern” by ...