wildcat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q43576
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wildcat

Summary

wildcat is a taxon[1]. wildcat ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,676 views/month, #534 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • wildcat received the Animal of the Year[3].
  • wildcat received the Animal of the Year[4].
  • wildcat's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • wildcat is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • wildcat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • wildcat belongs to the parent taxon Felis[8].
  • wildcat's scientific name is Felis silvestris[9].
  • wildcat's Commons category is recorded as Felis silvestris[10].
  • wildcat's temporal range start is recorded as Piacenzian[11].
  • wildcat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Felis silvestris[12].
  • wildcat's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[13].
  • wildcat's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[14].
  • wildcat's short name is recorded as F. silvestris[15].
  • wildcat is commonly known as wildcat[16].
  • wildcat is commonly known as Gato Montés[17].
  • wildcat is commonly known as Gato Silvestre[18].
  • wildcat is commonly known as Chat sauvage[19].
  • wildcat is commonly known as wild cat[20].
  • wildcat is commonly known as Wildkatze[21].
  • wildcat is commonly known as kočka divoká[22].
  • wildcat is commonly known as wilde kat[23].
  • wildcat is commonly known as chat sauvage, chat sauvage deurope, chat forestier[24].
  • wildcat is commonly known as 野猫[25].
  • wildcat is commonly known as algaire[26].
  • wildcat is commonly known as gatu algaire[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, wildcat is Felis silvestris[9]. wildcat is classified at the rank of species[6]. wildcat is classified within Felis[8]. Recorded taxon common name include wildcat[16], Gato Montés[17], Gato Silvestre[18], Chat sauvage[19], wild cat[20], and Wildkatze[21].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 41960[28] and 922459[29]. wildcat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9683[30]. wildcat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328605[31]. wildcat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7964291[32]. wildcat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180589[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for wildcat include ORP Żbik[34], a minelaying submarine[35].

Why It Matters

wildcat ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,676 views/month, #534 of 195,241).[2] wildcat has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] wildcat is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for wildcat include ORP Żbik[34], a minelaying submarine[35].

FAQs

What awards did wildcat receive?

Honors received include Animal of the Year[3] and Animal of the Year[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
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  2. 19d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → vilpisys
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: vilpisys"
  3. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 41960, 922459
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02127733-n
    Interlingual index id → i46617
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  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Jojo
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  5. 14w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Endangered status
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  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wildlife protection act 1972 (india) schedule → Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Felis
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20058, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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