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The '''Asiatic wildcat''' ('''''Felis lybica ornata'''''), also known as the '''Indian desert cat''', is an [[African wildcat]] [[subspecies]] that occurs from the eastern [[Caspian Sea]] north to [[Kazakhstan]], into western [[India]], western [[China]] and southern [[Mongolia]].<ref name=wc1996>{{cite book |title=Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |last1=Nowell |first1=K. |last2=Jackson |first2=P. |year=1996 |location=Gland, Switzerland |chapter=Asiatic Wildcat ''Felis silvestris'', ''ornata'' group (Gray 1830) |pages=99−101}}</ref><ref name=catsg>{{cite journal |author1=Kitchener, A. C. |author2=Breitenmoser-Würsten, C. |author3=Eizirik, E. |author4=Gentry, A. |author5=Werdelin, L. |author6=Wilting, A. |author7=Yamaguchi, N. |author8=Abramov, A. V. |author9=Christiansen, P. |author10=Driscoll, C. |author11=Duckworth, J. W. |author12=Johnson, W. |author13=Luo, S.-J. |author14=Meijaard, E. |author15=O’Donoghue, P. |author16=Sanderson, J. |author17=Seymour, K. |author18=Bruford, M. |author19=Groves, C. |author20=Hoffmann, M. |author21=Nowell, K. |author22=Timmons, Z. |author23=Tobe, S. |year=2017 |title=A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group |journal=Cat News |volume=Special Issue 11 |pages=17−20 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref> |
The '''Asiatic wildcat''' ('''''Felis lybica ornata'''''), also known as the '''Indian desert cat''', is an [[African wildcat]] [[subspecies]] that occurs from the eastern [[Caspian Sea]] north to [[Kazakhstan]], into western [[India]], Suleman Mountain Range District Dera Ghazi Khan of Southern Punjab{ Pakistan},western [[China]] and southern [[Mongolia]].<ref name=wc1996>{{cite book |title=Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |last1=Nowell |first1=K. |last2=Jackson |first2=P. |year=1996 |location=Gland, Switzerland |chapter=Asiatic Wildcat ''Felis silvestris'', ''ornata'' group (Gray 1830) |pages=99−101}}</ref><ref name=catsg>{{cite journal |author1=Kitchener, A. C. |author2=Breitenmoser-Würsten, C. |author3=Eizirik, E. |author4=Gentry, A. |author5=Werdelin, L. |author6=Wilting, A. |author7=Yamaguchi, N. |author8=Abramov, A. V. |author9=Christiansen, P. |author10=Driscoll, C. |author11=Duckworth, J. W. |author12=Johnson, W. |author13=Luo, S.-J. |author14=Meijaard, E. |author15=O’Donoghue, P. |author16=Sanderson, J. |author17=Seymour, K. |author18=Bruford, M. |author19=Groves, C. |author20=Hoffmann, M. |author21=Nowell, K. |author22=Timmons, Z. |author23=Tobe, S. |year=2017 |title=A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group |journal=Cat News |volume=Special Issue 11 |pages=17−20 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref> |
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There is no information on current status or population numbers across the Asiatic wildcat's range as a whole, but populations are thought to be declining.<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Felis lybica'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Ghoddousi, A. |author2=Belbachir, F. |author3=Durant, S.M. |author4=Herbst, M. |author5=Rosen, T. |year=2022 |page=e.T131299383A154907281 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T131299383A154907281.en |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Jutzeler2010>{{cite journal |last1=Jutzeler |first1=E. |last2=Xie |first2=Y. |last3=Vogt |first3=K. |year=2010 |title=Cats in China: Asian wildcat |journal=Cat News |issue=Special Issue 5 |pages=42–43 |url=http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/filesharing/5.Cat_News/5.3._Special_Issues/5.3.5._SI_5/Jutzeler_Xie_Yan___Vogt_2010_Asian_wildcat.pdf}}</ref> |
There is no information on current status or population numbers across the Asiatic wildcat's range as a whole, but populations are thought to be declining.<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Felis lybica'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Ghoddousi, A. |author2=Belbachir, F. |author3=Durant, S.M. |author4=Herbst, M. |author5=Rosen, T. |year=2022 |page=e.T131299383A154907281 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T131299383A154907281.en |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Jutzeler2010>{{cite journal |last1=Jutzeler |first1=E. |last2=Xie |first2=Y. |last3=Vogt |first3=K. |year=2010 |title=Cats in China: Asian wildcat |journal=Cat News |issue=Special Issue 5 |pages=42–43 |url=http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/filesharing/5.Cat_News/5.3._Special_Issues/5.3.5._SI_5/Jutzeler_Xie_Yan___Vogt_2010_Asian_wildcat.pdf}}</ref> |
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