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Chinese mountain cat facts for kids
| Chinese mountain cat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Felis |
| Species: | F. bieti |
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| Felis bieti Milne-Edwards, 1892 |
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| Distribution of the Chinese mountain cat (in green) | |
The Chinese Mountain cat (Felis bieti), also known as the Chinese Desert cat, is a small wild cat of western China. It is the least known member of the genus Felis, the common cats.
Some authorities regard the chutchta and vellerosa subspecies of the Wildcat as Chinese Mountain cat subspecies.