Felis silvestris caucasica
Encyclopedia
Felis silvestris caucasica, commonly known as the Caucasian Wildcat, is a subspecies
of the wildcat
that lives in the Caucasus Mountains
and Turkey
. It has a brawny body, rounded head and blunted muzzle, short legs, and a relatively short tail.
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of the wildcat
Wildcat
Wildcat is a small felid native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa.-Animals:Wildcat may also refer to members of the genus Lynx:...
that lives in the Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region .The Caucasus Mountains includes:* the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and* the Lesser Caucasus Mountains....
and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It has a brawny body, rounded head and blunted muzzle, short legs, and a relatively short tail.
External links
- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=726327
- http://www.nic.fi/~amantes/siberiancat.html