#0070 · 🦊 mammals

European Wildcat

🇳🇱 Wilde Kat ·Felis silvestris

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Javisa Hun · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Patrick Michaely · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Javisa Hun · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Rotaru Razvan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © javielorriaga · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The European wildcat ( Felis silvestris ) is a wildcat species native to continental Europe, Scotland, Turkey and the Caucasus. It inhabits forests from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe to the Caucasus. It has been extirpated in England and Wales.

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,040iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
2,040 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1777 (249 years ago).