Felis attica | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Felidae |
Genus: | Felis |
Species: | F. attica |
Binomial name | |
Felis attica Wagner, 1857 |
Felis attica is a wild cat in the Felinae subfamily. It is extinct.
Scientists say Felis attica lived about nine million years ago. It was about the size of a bobcat and looked a little like a lynx. It may have been the ancestor of the African wildcat and of dimestic cats today. view more...