🐈European wildcat
斑貓（學名：Felis silvestris）或稱歐洲野貓或山貓，是一種小型貓科動物，原生於歐洲地區、亞洲西部，以及非洲。斑貓會獵捕小型哺乳類、鳥類，或是其他體型相仿的動物。斑貓可分為多個分布於不同地域的亞種，也与家貓常发生混种。 一項調查顯示，現存家貓是源自1萬年前生活於近東地區的的一部份斑貓。此外，與斑貓最接近的物種是沙漠貓（Felis margarita）。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 5.04 kg
- Body length
- 0.62 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.27 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 28 years
Everything we know about the European wildcat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass5.04 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 5.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.62 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height0.27 m0.26–0.28 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
'Body length of the adult cats usually 70 to 75 cm, height at shoulders 26 to 28 cm, and height at sacrum 30 to 32 cm.' Figures are for the Caucasian forest wildcat (F. s. caucasica); the same work reports the largest of 36 Slovak wildcats at 'height at shoulders 430 mm' (Sladek 1966). The '35 cm average' in wide web circulation is uncited. HMW Vol 1 and IUCN CatSG give no shoulder height for this species.
Source: Heptner & Sludskii 1972 (Engl. transl. 1992), Mammals of the Soviet Union, Vol. II Part 2, forest wildcat account (Caucasian forest wildcat, after Dinnik 1914 and Satunin 1915), https://archive.org/details/mammalsofsov221992gept · see citation
Brain mass38 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan28 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 19 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.95 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity351 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation65 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 64 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.7AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.29 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.36 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for European wildcat yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusFelis
- ›speciesFelis silvestris
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusFelis
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