The European Wildcat fur varies from a brownish to grey color, their fur being longer than a domestic cat. They have five stripes on the forehead and a dark stripe from the shoulders down their spine up to the base of the tail. They have irregular dark stripes on their sides. Their tails are significantly stouter and more bushy than a domestic cat, with two or three black rings and a black tail tip.
Wildcats use different environments for dens, such as rock cairns, logging piles, tree roots, and old fox dens.
