Wildcat

The wildcat (Felis silvestris), aften soondit wullcat or e'en wullkie, eats wee mammals, birds, an ither craiturs o a seemilar bouk. Its is sib tae the hoose cat Felis silvestris catus.

Wildcat[1]
Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia), Breetish Wildlife Centre, Surrey
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Faimily:	Felidae
Subfaimily:	Felinae
Genus:	Felis
Species:	F. silvestris
Binomial name
Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777
subspecies
See text
Distribution o five subspecies o Felis silvestris recognised bi a 2007 DNA study.[3]

References

1. Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 536–537. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Driscoll, C., Nowell, K. (2010). "Felis silvestris". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Driscoll, C. A., Menotti-Raymond, M., Roca, A. L. Hupe, K., Johnson, W. E., Geffen, E., Harley, E. H., Delibes, M., Pontier, D., Kitchener, A. C., Yamaguchi, N., O’Brien, S. J., Macdonald, D. W. (2007). "The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication" (PDF). Science. 317 (5837): 519–523. doi:10.1126/science.1139518. PMID 17600185.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)