Gordons Wildcat
The range of this wildcat subspecies, encompassing the Sultanate of Oman and some areas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is small and it can easily go extinct. It can also be considered an endangered subspecies for its liability to hybridize with feral domestic cats. Only a few purebred specimens may be left and hybrids, sometimes found hundreds of kilometres away from either water or the nearest Bedouin encampment, are difficult to detect. Gordon’s wildcats are also directly prosecuted by Bedouin and their habitat disturbed and altered through increasing development of the desert.