Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 . Saugethiere, 3:397.

TYPE LOCALITY: Germany .

DISTRIBUTION: Deciduous woodland savanna and steppe from W. Europe to N.W. China and C. India; Morocco to Egypt, south to Sudan, S. Mauritania and Senegal, eastward to Ethiopia, through Subsaharan savannas to the Cape (South Africa).

COMMENT: This name was placed on the official list by opinion 465 of the ICZN, 1957. Includes libyca, chutuchta, vellerosa and catus (worldwide), which was domesticated from this species; see Corbet, 1978:181. F. s. vellerosa is probably a domestic cat (CPG).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae (The domestic cat, Felis catus, is specifically excluded from protection).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001026001 as F. silvestris .

5301412007001006001 as F. catus .

5301412007001014001 as F. libyca .