Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Animalia (kingdom)
7. Chordata (phylum)
8. Vertebrata (subphylum)
9. Mammalia (class)
10. Carnivora (order)
11. Felidae (family)
12. Felis (genus)

Narrower term/s

• Felis sylvestris lybica (subspecies)
• Felis sylvestris silvestris (subspecies)
• Felis sylvestris ornata (subspecies)
• Felis sylvestris cafra (subspecies)
• Felis sylvestris bieti (subspecies)

Anotations

Scope note:

Small wild member of the cat family (Felidae) native to Europe, western Asia, and Africa. It is a hunter of small mammals, birds, and other creatures. The wild cat is of a light to medium gray color and has a tabby coat with rather thin strips. It resembles a domestic tabby cat. Some classifications include it as a single species with Felis domesticus, which is descended from Felis silvestris.