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Felis lybica🐈

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SpeciesCarnivoraFelidae
Carnivores

🐈African wildcat

Felis lybica Forster, 1780

Afrika yaban kedisi (Felis lybica), kedigiller (Felidae) familyasından Felis cinsine mensup bir tür. Afrika, Batı ve Orta Asya'ya veHindistan'da, Racastan'da, Çin'de Sincan'a kadar yayılmış küçük yaban kedisi türleridir. Bazı kendine özgü Afrika yaban kedileri ilk defa yaklaşık 10.000 yıl önce Orta Doğu'da evcilleştirildiler ve evcil kedilerin atalarıdır. Evcilleştirilmiş kedi cesetleri içeren insan mezarları Kıbrıs'ta 9500 yıl öncesine dayanır.

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Felis lybica
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendUnknown
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyFelidae
  6. ›genusFelis
  7. ›speciesFelis silvestris
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  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. genusFelis
  4. speciesFelis silvestris
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderFeliformia
  13. familyFelidae
  14. genusFelis
  15. speciesFelis silvestris
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亚非野猫 (zh), Felis lybica (it), Felis lybica (es), Felis lybica (fr), Felis lybica (bg), степная кошка (ru) … and 23 more languages
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