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Felis silvestris lybica

African wildcat as subspecies of wildcat
Taxon taxon Q42576
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Summary

Felis silvestris lybica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (836 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: homotypic synonym[3]
  • Taxon rank: subspecies[4]
  • Parent taxon: wildcat[5]
  • Taxon name: Felis silvestris lybica[6]
  • Commons category: Felis lybica[7]
  • Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.): Felis ocreata[8]
  • Original combination: Felis lybica[9]
  • Subject has role: synonym[10]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[11]
  • Taxon synonym of: North African wildcat[12]

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Identifiers

Felis silvestris lybica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 132714[13]. Felis silvestris lybica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61377[14]. Felis silvestris lybica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1253260[15]. Felis silvestris lybica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6164705[16]. Felis silvestris lybica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 726338[17].

Why It Matters

Felis silvestris lybica has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · YukiKoKo · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.) → Felis ocreata
    Wikidata description → African wildcat as subspecies of wildcat
    Open tree of life id → 983183
    Calphotos taxon id → Felis+silvestris+lybica
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.): Felis ocreata"
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