Wildcats (Felis silvestris and Felis lybica) are small cats native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa.

Wildcat or wild cat may also refer to:

Animals[edit]

• Bobcat (Lynx rufus), ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States
• Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), native to Canada, Alaska as well as some parts of the lower 48 United States
• Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), native to European and Siberian forests
• Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), native to the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe
• Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris sylvestris)
• Any wild felid

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Comic books and comic strips[edit]

• Wildcat (DC Comics), a name used by several DC Comics characters, including:
  • Wildcat (Ted Grant)
  • Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)
• Wildcats (comics), a comic created by Jim Lee
• Wildcat (British comics), a British comic published by IPC Media
• Wildcat (comic strip), a comic strip by Donald Rooum
• Wildcat Comic Con, an annual fan convention held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania since 2012

Film, television, and theatre[edit]

• The Wildcat (1917 film)
• The Wildcat (1921 film), directed by Ernst Lubitsch
• The Wildcat (1936 film), a Spanish musical drama
• Wildcat (1942 film), a film starring Richard Arlen and Buster Crabbe
• Wildcat (musical), a 1960 Broadway musical
• Wildcat, a 1981 New Zealand film
• Wildcats (film), a 1986 film starring Goldie Hawn
• Wildcat (2022 film), a documentary film about animal rescue
• Wildcat (2023 film), a biographical film of American novelist Flannery O'Connor
• Wild C.A.T.s, a television series based on the Jim Lee comic
• Wildcat, a character in the Disney animated series TaleSpin

Literature[edit]

• "Wildcat" (short story), by Flannery O'Connor
• Wild Cat (boat), a small fictional schooner in two of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books
• Wildcats, a fictional basketball team in High School Musical

Music[edit]

• Wild Cat (Danko Jones album), 2017
• Wild Cat (Tygers of Pan Tang album), 1980
• Wildcat (Sunnyboys album) a 1989 album by Australian band Sunnyboys
• "Wild Cat" (1927 song), by Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang
• "Wildcat", a 1960 song by Gene Vincent
• "Wildcat", a 2006 song from Classics (Ratatat album)
• Wildcat! Wildcat!, an American band

Other uses in arts and entertainment[edit]

• Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona student newspaper
• Wildcat (anarchist newspaper), a London-based monthly published from 1974 to 1975
• WildCat (roller coaster), several amusement park rides

Military divisions[edit]

• Wildcat, nickname of the 81st Infantry Division (United States)
• Wildcats, nickname of VFA-131, a United States Navy fighter squadron
• Wildcats, nickname of 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force

People[edit]

Mononyms

• Wild Cat (Seminole) (c. 1807/1810–1857), Native American Seminole chieftain who was active in the Second Seminole War
• "Wildcat", ring name of Robbie Brookside (born 1966), British professional wrestler and trainer
• "Wildcat", ring name of Chris Harris (wrestler) (born 1973), American professional wrestler

Nicknames

• Wildcat Monte (born Monte Deadwiley; 1905–1961), American professional boxer
• Lance C. Wade (1915–1944), American World War II ace with the Royal Air Force
• George "Wildcat" Wilson (1901–1963), American college football player
• Larry Wilson (American football) (1938–2021), American professional football player

Middle name

• Thomas Wildcat Alford (1860–1938), Absentee Shawnee advocate and teacher

Surname

• Tommy Wildcat (born 1967), Native American musician

Places[edit]

Canada[edit]

• Wildcat, Alberta, in Rocky View County, Alberta
• Wildcat 12, Queens County, Nova Scotia

United States[edit]

• Wildcat Township, Tipton County, Indiana
• Grayson, Oklahoma, formerly known as Wildcat
• Wildcat, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Wildcat Brook, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
• Wildcat Canyon, Contra Costa County, California.
• Wildcat Creek (disambiguation), multiple waterflows
• Wildcat Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
• Wildcat Hills, Nebraska
• Wildcat Hollow, Connecticut, in Litchfield County
• Wildcat Marsh, Contra Costa County, California
• Wildcat Mountain (disambiguation), multiple summits

Sports[edit]

Teams[edit]

Canada[edit]

• Edmonton Wildcats, a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta
• Hamilton Wildcats (Canadian football), a defunct Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario
• Hamilton Wildcats (Australian football), an amateur Australian rules football club based in Hamilton, Ontario
• London Wildcats (1994–1995), a professional ice hockey team in the Colonial Hockey League, moved to Dayton, Ohio and renamed
• Moncton Wildcats, a franchise in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, based in Moncton, New Brunswick
• Monkton Wildcats, a WOAA Senior Hockey League hockey team based in Monkton, Ontario
• Northern Wildcats (1998–2002), a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Longlac, Ontario
• St. Thomas Wildcats (1991–1993), a professional ice hockey team in the Colonial Hockey League, relocated and renamed the London Wildcats (see above)
• Valley Wildcats, a junior ice hockey franchise from the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia

United Kingdom[edit]

• Durham Wildcats, a basketball team based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
• Kingston Wildcats, an English Basketball League team
• Swindon Wildcats, a UK professional ice hockey team
• Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, an English rugby league team
• Weymouth Wildcats (1954-2010), a British motorcycle speedway team based in Weymouth, England
• West London Wildcats, an Australian rules football and netball club based in London, England
• Newcastle Wildcats, the ice hockey team of Newcastle University, England

United States[edit]

• Arizona Wildcats, the sports teams of the University of Arizona
• Arkansas Wildcats, a team of the Women's Football Alliance
• Atlanta Wildcats, an American Basketball Association team
• Central Washington Wildcats, the sports teams of Central Washington University
• Colorado Wildcats (1998), a team in the Professional Indoor Football League
• Connecticut Wildcats, a rugby league team in the USA Rugby League
• Daemen College Wildcats, the sports teams of Daemen College
• Hershey Wildcats (1997–2001), a professional soccer team in the USL A-League, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Jackson Wildcats (2002–2007), a United States Basketball League team based in Jackson, Mississippi
• Kansas State Wildcats, the sports teams of Kansas State University
• Kentucky Wildcats, the sports teams of the University of Kentucky
• Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL) (1926), an American Football League team (actually based in Chicago)
• Los Angeles Wildcats (XFL) (2020–present), an XFL team
• Mahoning Valley Wildcats, a defunct International Basketball League team based in Struthers, Ohio, removed from the IBL schedule in early 2006
• Minnesota Wildcats (2008–2011), a Tier III Jr. An ice hockey team playing in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League
• New Hampshire Wildcats, the sports teams of the University of New Hampshire
• New Jersey Wildcats, a women's United Soccer Leagues W-League team
• New Mexico Wildcats (2008–2009), an American Indoor Football Association team
• Northwestern Wildcats, the sports teams of Northwestern University, a Big Ten college in Evanston, Illinois
• Richmond Wildcats, a minor ice hockey team based in Richmond, Virginia
• Rose City Wildcats (2010), a Women's Spring Football League team that was based in Portland, Oregon
• San Diego Wildcats (2006–2009), a team in the American Basketball Association
• Savannah Wildcats, a charter member of the Continental Basketball League, based in Savannah, Georgia
• South Georgia Wildcats (2002–2009), a professional arena football team
• Villanova Wildcats, the sports teams of Villanova University
• West Virginia Wildcatz, an American Basketball Association team based in Fairmont, West Virginia
• Wheeling Wildcats (2008–2009), a professional indoor football team in Wheeling, West Virginia
• Wichita Falls Wildcats, a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League
• Wildcats, the name of many college sports teams

In other countries[edit]

• CIT-U Wildcats, the sports teams of the Cebu Institute of Technology–University in Cebu City, Philippines
• Maastricht Wildcats, an amateur American football team based in Maastricht, The Netherlands
• Papatoetoe Wildcats, an American football club established in 1986 in South Auckland, New Zealand
• Perth Wildcats, an Australian basketball team in the National Basketball League
• Wolfenbüttel Wildcats, a defunct German women's basketball team dissolved in 2013

Other uses in sport[edit]

• Dorotas Wildcat (whelped 2015), a racing greyhound
• Hollywood Wildcat (1990–2012), a Thoroughbred racehorse
• Wildcat formation, an American football offensive scheme
• Wildcat Stadium, various sports stadiums in the United States

Technology[edit]

Vehicles[edit]

• USS Wildcat, four United States Navy ships named Wild Cat or Wildcat
• Wildcat APC, an armoured personnel carrier used in Israel
• AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, a British helicopter introduced in 2014
• Bowler Wildcat, an off-road racing vehicle
• Buick Wildcat, an automobile
• Melling Wildcat, a high-performance British sports car
• Daihatsu Taft (F10), an automobile
• Grumman F4F Wildcat, an American World War II carrier fighter
• Hobie Wildcat, a catamaran
• USC&GS Wildcat (1919), a launch in commission with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1919 to 1941
• Sabre Wildcat, an American ultralight aircraft

Other uses in technology[edit]

• Wildcat! BBS, a bulletin board system software package
• Wildcat cartridge, a specialty firearm cartridge not produced by commercial ammunition manufacturers
• Wildcat, a sprocketed wheel for an anchor chain; see anchor windlass

Other uses[edit]

• Wildcat strike action, a strike action of workers that is not authorized by union leadership
• Wildcatter, a person who drills for oil in areas not yet known to have oil fields
• Wildcat banking, the issuance of currency by private banks in the antebellum United States
• 17493 Wildcat, an asteroid
• The Wildcat Cafe, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

See also[edit]

• Bobcat (disambiguation)
• Wild Cat (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing wildcat
• All pages with titles beginning with wildcat