Class - Mammalia
Order - Carnivora
Family - Felidae
Genus - Felis
Species - Felis Chaus
Jungle Cat also called Swamp Cat and Reed Cat

Sub-species
F.c affinis - Kashmir to Sikkim, Yunnan and Indo China
F.c. chaus - Caucasus, Turkestan to Iran and Baluchistan
F.c. fulvidina - Thailand and Burma
F.c. furax - Southern Syria and Iraq
F.c. kelaarita - South India, Sri Lanka
F.c. kutas - North India, Pakistan. Bengal to the Rann of Kutch
F.c. nilotica - Nile valley, Egypt
F.c. oxiana - Russia
F.c. prateri - Sind. West India

Considered under little threat.
Color- Varies from a yellowish-grey , twany red and sandy brown. Lighter on the underside. Similar to the domestic Abyssinian cat breed. Melanistic is reported.

Short tail that has a black tip with a few faint rings.

Location= Egypt and Asia