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See also: 山貓

Kanji in this term
山	猫
やま Grade: 1	ねこ Grade: S
kun'yomi

ヤマネコ on Japanese Wikipedia

山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 猫 (neko, “cat”)

(Tokyo) やまねこ [yàmánékó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ne̞ko̞]

山(やま)猫(ねこ) or 山猫(ヤマネコ) • (yamaneko)

a wildcat (Felis silvestris)
- 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 350:
  
  リキアの山(やま)猫(ねこ)チャド
  Rikia no Yamaneko Chado
  Chad, Wildcat of Lycia

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤマネコ.

ベンガルヤマネコ (Bengaru yamaneko)
ツシマヤマネコ (Tsushima yamaneko)
リビアヤマネコ (Ribia yamaneko)