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By Petro Kotzé 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 ...
Wildlife researchers have recorded the first photographic evidence of the Asiatic wildcat, the ancestor of the domestic cat, outside its known habitat. HT Image One of the most endangered among ...
The Asiatic desert cat, a subspecies of the African Wildcat, is already under threat due to habitat loss and human encroachment. Its presence in Pakistan highlights the ecological richness of the ...
The finding supports the conclusions of prior research that suggested all modern domesticated cats descended from the African wildcat ... domestic cats and four Asiatic wildcats.
Camera traps, for instance, have provided new evidence of tiger presence in the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa and of the Asiatic wildcat in Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh; radio collars have ...