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title: "Gato Montés de África Austral"
description: "Felis lybica cafra — Mamíferos. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/southern-african-wildcat
last_updated: 2026-10-01
---

# Gato Montés de África Austral

> Felis lybica cafra — Mamíferos. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Felis lybica cafra*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 440
- iNaturalist taxon: [922462](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/922462)

## Names

- en: Southern African Wildcat
- de: Südafrikanische Falbkatze
- es: Gato Montés de África Austral
- fr: Chat sauvage d'Afrique australe
- nl: Zuid-Afrikaanse Wilde Kat
- pt: Gato-selvagem-sul-africano
- pl: kot kafryjski

## Photo

![Gato Montés de África Austral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-african-wildcat/medium.jpg?v=1a08c2a7)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · iNaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130024146

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-african-wildcat?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).