What is Asiatic wildcat?
{{Taxobox | name = Asiatic wildcat | status = LC | trend = down | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN |assessors=Driscoll, C., Nowell, K. |year=2010 |id=8543 |title=Felis silvestris |version=2012.2.}}</ref> | image=Thomas Hardwicke02.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | familia = [[Felidae]] | genus = ''[[Felis]]'' | species = ''[[Wildcat|F. silvestris]]'' | trinomial = ''Felis silvestris ornata'' | trinomial_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1830–1832}} The '''Asiatic wildcat''' (''Felis silvestris ornata'') is also known as the '''Asian Steppe wildcat''' or '''Indian Desert cat'''. It is a subspecies of the [[Wildcat]]. It lives mainly in the [[Thar Desert]], and the [[Rann of Kutch]] in India and Pakistan. It is about the size of a [[domestic cat]], with a pale yellowish body marked with black spots. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons|Felis silvestris ornata}} *[http://lynx.uio.no/lynx/catsgportal/cat-website/catfolk/ornata01.htm IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group: ''Asiatic Wildcat''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129145637/http://lynx.uio.no/lynx/catsgportal/cat-website/catfolk/ornata01.htm |date=2012-11-29 }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Felines]] [[Category:Mammals of Pakistan]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]]