It turns out that the creature is its own wildcat subspecies—Felis silvestris bieti—and, despite its resemblance to pets, had no bearing on cat domestication. With a thick, striped tail ...

Genomic evidence for the Chinese mountain cat as a wildcat conspecific (Felis silvestris bieti) and its introgression to domestic cats. Science Advances , 2021; 7 (26): eabg0221 DOI: 10.1126 ...

The Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti) is a little-known felid found only on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in northwestern China. The species was first photographed in the wild in ...

[Photo/Chinanews.com] The Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti), a national first-class protected wild animal, was recently spotted in Jiuzhaigou in Southwest China's Sichuan province for the first time.

An endangered Chinese mountain cat ( has been identified as the mystery poultry thief in Huangci village, Yongjing county, the reports. After villagers complained that their poultry were being ...

Elusive cat snapped. A Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti) is caught on camera with her two kittens near Yushu, in China’s Qinghai province. The feline is notoriously camera-shy, but staff at ...