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Officially Britain's only native wildcat is Felis sylvestris grampia, the Scottish Wildcat, which resembles a large, mean tabby cat. It is a sub-species of the European Wildcat (F silvestris) which is now only found in Scotland, although it was once widespread throughout Scotland, England and Wales.It is now extending its range in Scotland and a few out of place wildcats have been reported in England and Wales.A number of big cats, including the lynx, vanished from Britain in prehistoric times.t is now extending its range in Scotland and a few out of place wildcats have been reported in England and Wales. A number of big cats, including the lynx, vanished from Britain in prehistoric times.
In this research, the scientists sampled a thousand wild and domestic cats, coming from modern wildcat subspecies: the Near Eastern wildcat, the European wildcat, the Central Asian wildcat, the southern African wildcat, and the Chinese desert cat.ow DNA analysis have detected the house cat's maternal ancestors back to the Fertile Crescent (Egypt-Israel-Mesopotamia (today Iraq)-Syria-Cyprus). The Middle Eastern wild ancestors still wander through the deserts of the area.