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Wildcats, lynxes and big cats make up a family of strict carnivores. Their claws are retractable. Only the great sprinter of the savannah keeps them partly out. They live on every continent except Antarctica and Australia, where none occur naturally. Their night vision is excellent.
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Felidae
Felis lybica · Least concern
Every house cat descends from the African wildcat, some of which were domesticated in the Near East about 10,000 years ago. The link is still visible: cats from Sardinia cluster genetically with wildcats of northwestern Africa, the oldest of them found at a site near Genoni and dated to about 2,200 years ago.
Photo: Vassil (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Felidae
Lynx rufus · Least concern
The bobcat is the smallest of the four lynxes and owes its name to its short, 'bobbed' tail. Its ancestors came from Asia in two waves: the first moved south, was cut off by glaciers and became the modern bobcat around 20,000 years ago, while the second became the Canada lynx.
Photo: Becker1999 (Paul and Cathy) (CC BY 2.0)
Felidae
Lynx canadensis · Least concern
A wild cat built for snow: its big, furry paws spread up to 10 cm wide like snowshoes, and its longer hind legs give its back a forward slope. Black tufts about 4 cm long crown its ears.
Photo: Michael Zahra (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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