Asiatic wildcat
felis silvestris ornata latin

In India, Asiatic wildcats are most typically associated with scrub desert.

Asiatic wildcats are frequently observed in the daytime.

Female Asiatic wildcats mate quite often with domestic males, and hybrid offspring are frequently found near villages where wild females live.

The Caucasus is the transitional zone between the European wildcat to the north and west, and the Asiatic wildcat to the south and east.

Punjabi: domestic cat /Indian desert-cat (a variety of Asiatic wildcat - Felis s. ornata)

The Jalore Wildlife Sanctuary, located near Jalore in Rajasthan is one of the only accessible wildlife areas where Asiatic wildcats are present in sizeable numbers.

In this region, European wildcats are found in montane forest, and Asiatic wildcats are found in the low-lying desert and semi-desert areas adjoining the Caspian sea.

The Asiatic wildcat, F. s. ornata, ranges from the eastern Caspian into western India, and north to Kazakhstan and into western China and southern Mongolia.

In Afghanistan, Asiatic wildcats have been recorded prior to 1973 from the central Hazarajat mountains and the steppe region, from Shibar Pass, near Herat and in Bamyan Province.

The Asiatic Wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata), also known as the Asian Steppe Wildcat or Indian Desert Cat, is a subspecies of the Wildcat.

The tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be related to the coloration of the domestic cat's direct ancestor, the African Wildcat, which (along with the European Wildcat and Asiatic Wildcat) has a similar coloration.