Common name: Domestic Cat.
Scientific name: Felis catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family: Felidae
Distribution and Habitat: Domestic species widely spread out in the Madeira, Porto Santo and Desertas islands, where it may also be found living adapted to wild environments in forest areas.
Description: The animals adapted to the wild are robust, having the same size as the largest domestic cat; its body and head measure between 50 and 65 cm in length and the tail measures about 30 cm.
Conservation statute and Threats: -
Observations: Like its ancestral Felis silvestris, it is a territorial and lonely carnivorous animal, this being the reason for the survival of domestic animals when they are on their own, huntig for food like wild animals. The presence of this species's wild form constitutes a threat to the conservation of some species that nest in the archipelago, namely, the zino's petrel.