Subspecies and Distribution. F. s. silvestris Schreber, 1777 — Europe E to the Carpathian Mts and the River Dnieper N of the Black Sea. F.s. brockmani Pocock, 1944 — Somalia. F. s. cafra Desmarest, 1822 — Zimbabwe, S Mozambique and South Africa. F. s. caucasica Satunin, 1905 — Caucasus Mts and Turkey. F.s. caudata Gray, 1874 — deserts E Caspian Sea to NW China (Xinjiang) and Mongolia. F. s. foxi Pocock, 1944 — Senegal to Lake Chad. F.s. gordoni Harrison, 1968 — Batinah coast of Oman. F.s. grampia G. S. Miller, 1907 — N Scotland. F. s. griselda Thomas, 1926 — Kalahari region to S Angola. F. s. iraki Cheesman, 1920 — Arabian Desert regions. F. s. lybica Forster, 1780 — desert regions of N Africa to Sudan and N Niger. F.s. melland: Schwann, 1904 — SC Africa. F.s. nesterovi Biurla, 1916 — Mesopotamian region to SW Iran. F. s. ocreata Gmelin, 1791 — Ethiopian highlands. F. s. ornata Gray, 1830 — India. Probably W through Iran. F.s. pyrrhus Pocock, 1944 — N Angola and SW Zaire. F. s. sarda Lataste, 1885 — coastal Maghreb region of Morocco and Algeria. F.s. tristrami Pocock, 1944 — Palestine and Red Sea coast of Arabia. F.s. ugandae Schwann, 1904 — E Africa. in Felidae

Subspecies and Distribution. F. s. silvestris Schreber, 1777 — Europe E to the Carpathian Mts and the River Dnieper N of the Black Sea. F.s. brockmani Pocock, 1944 — Somalia. F. s. cafra Desmarest, 1822 — Zimbabwe, S Mozambique and South Africa. F. s. caucasica Satunin, 1905 — Caucasus Mts and Turkey. F.s. caudata Gray, 1874 — deserts E Caspian Sea to NW China (Xinjiang) and Mongolia. F. s. foxi Pocock, 1944 — Senegal to Lake Chad. F.s. gordoni Harrison, 1968 — Batinah coast of Oman. F.s. grampia G. S. Miller, 1907 — N Scotland. F. s. griselda Thomas, 1926 — Kalahari region to S Angola. F. s. iraki Cheesman, 1920 — Arabian Desert regions. F. s. lybica Forster, 1780 — desert regions of N Africa to Sudan and N Niger. F.s. melland: Schwann, 1904 — SC Africa. F.s. nesterovi Biurla, 1916 — Mesopotamian region to SW Iran. F. s. ocreata Gmelin, 1791 — Ethiopian highlands. F. s. ornata Gray, 1830 — India. Probably W through Iran. F.s. pyrrhus Pocock, 1944 — N Angola and SW Zaire. F. s. sarda Lataste, 1885 — coastal Maghreb region of Morocco and Algeria. F.s. tristrami Pocock, 1944 — Palestine and Red Sea coast of Arabia. F.s. ugandae Schwann, 1904 — E Africa.