Back Vaalboskat Afrikaans ضيون إفريقي Arabic قط ليبى ARZ Karvukol (Felis silvestris lybica) AVK Kočka plavá Czech Felis lybica German Nuei DIN Felis lybica Spanish گربه وحشی آفریقایی Persian Afrikanvillikissa Finnish
| African wildcat | |
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| A captive female (Felis lybica cafra) in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Felis |
| Species: | F. lybica
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| Binomial name | |
| Felis lybica Forster, 1780
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| native range as of 2015[1] | |
The African wildcat (Felis lybica) is a small wildcat species with sandy grey fur, pale vertical stripes on the sides and around the face. It is native to Africa, West and Central Asia, and is distributed to Rajasthan in India and Xinjiang in China. It inhabits a broad variety of landscapes ranging from deserts to savannas, shrublands and grasslands.
- ^ a b c Ghoddousi, A.; Belbachir, F.; Durant, S.M.; Herbst, M. & Rosen, T. (2022). "Felis lybica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T131299383A154907281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T131299383A154907281.en. Retrieved 27 July 2022.