What is Felis attica?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status =EX | status_ref = <ref name=Cave /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Felis attica | authority = Wagner, 1857 | range_map = }} '''''Felis attica''''' is a wild cat in the [[Felinae]] subfamily. It is [[extinct]].<ref name=Museum>{{cite web|url=https://science.mnhn.fr/taxon/species/felis/attica?lang=en_US|access-date=December 25, 2020|title=Felis attica WAGNER, 1857|publisher=Museum Nacional dHistoire Naturalle}}</ref> Scientists say ''Felis attica'' lived about nine million years ago. It was about the size of a [[bobcat]] and looked a little like a [[lynx]]. It may have been the ancestor of the [[African wildcat]] and of domestic [[cat]]s today.<ref name=Cave>{{cite web|title=Here kitty, kitty – a closer look at the evolution of cats|url=https://www.maropeng.co.za/news/entry/here_kitty_kitty_a_closer_look_at_the_evolution_of_cats|publisher=Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves: Official Visitor Centres for the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site|author1=Kate Rau|date=December 5, 2020|access-date=December 25, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Felines]] {{Taxonbar|from=Q5230606}}