Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti)

Query: felis silvestris silvestris

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Subject:	Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti)
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English: Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis Bieti) in XiNing Wild Zoo
中文: 西宁野生动物园里的荒漠猫
Date 19 March 2013, 11:54:41
Author 西宁野生动物园
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_Mountain_Cat_(Felis_Bieti)_in_XiNing_Wild_Zoo.jpg

The Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti), also known as the Chinese desert cat and the Chinese steppe cat, is a wild cat of western China. It was classified as a wildcat subspecies in 2007, Felis silvestris bieti, based on genetic analysis. The Chinese mountain cat is endemic to China and lives on the north-eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. It was recorded only in eastern Qinghai and north-western Sichuan.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felis
Species: Felis bieti Milne-Edwards, 1892

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