African wild cat - Felis lybica
Category: African wild cat | Date: Jan 18 2008 | By: admin
Records show that the Egyptians genetically re-engineered the African wild cat more than 5,000 years ago as they wanted a hairless cat to control the numbers of mice and rats in their granaries.
The integrity of Felis lybica as a species (or sub-species) is threatened by the influx of Felis cattus (domestic cat) genes through cross breeding. Therefore they have been classed as vulnerable in the Red Data Book and placed on CITES appendix II.
African wild cats are found throughout Southern Africa in all habitats except desert, they hide in holes in the ground, caves, rock crevices, holes in trees, thickets and burrows during the day.
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One Response to “African wild cat - Felis lybica”
F. J. PECHIR, on 18 Jan 2008
Thank you again Lisa! The taxonomy of Felis lybica now includes several sub-species due to their extremely large distribution area in Africa, but, as always, the number of sub-species are too high or too low because many times they are classiffied taking factors too weak to be considered. Besides, the fact that this species is relly difficult to be studied because of its little size and nocturnal habits, makes a re-examination of its actual taxonomy a very hard field work! Your studies and comments on this species certainly will be very appreciated!! Thank you again.
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