Wildcat (disambiguation)

The wildcat (Felis silvestris) is a small cat native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa.

Wildcat or wild cat may also refer to:

Animals

• 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
• Any wild felid

Arts and entertainment

Comic books and comic strips

• Wildcat (comics), four DC Comics comic book characters
• Wildcats (comic), a comic created by Jim Lee
• Wildcat, a British comic published by IPC Media
• Wildcat, a comic strip by Donald Rooum
• Wildcat Comic Con, an annual fan convention held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania since 2012

Film, television, and theatre

• The Wildcat (1917 film)
• The Wild Cat (1921 film), directed by Ernst Lubitsch
• Wildcat (film), a 1942 film starring Richard Arlen and Buster Crabbe
• Wildcat, a 1981 New Zealand film
• Wildcats (film), a 1986 film starring Goldie Hawn
• Wildcat (musical), a 1960 Broadway musical
• Wild C.A.T.s (TV series), based on the Jim Lee comic
• Wildcat, a character in the Disney animated series TaleSpin

Literature

• "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

Music

• Wild Cat (album), a 1980 album by Tygers of Pan Tang
• "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

• WildCat (roller coaster), several amusement park rides

Military divisions

• 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

• Wild Cat (Seminole) (c. 1807/1810-1857), Native American Seminole chiefain who was active in the Second Seminole War
• Tommy Wildcat (born 1967), Native American musician
• 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) (born 1938), American National Football League player
• "Wildcat", ring name of Robbie Brookside (born 1966), British professional wrestler and trainer
• "Wildcat", early stage name of Cara Fawn (born 1978), exotic dancer and pornographic actress
• "Wildcat", ring name of Chris Harris (wrestler) (born 1973), American professional wrestler

Places

• Wild Cat, Clay County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Wildcat, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Wildcat Township, Tipton County, Indiana
• Wildcat Canyon, California
• Wildcat Creek (disambiguation)
• Wildcat Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
• Wildcat Hills, Nebraska
• Wildcat Hollow, Connecticut
• Wildcat Marsh, California
• Wildcat Mountain (disambiguation)

Sports

Teams

Canada

• Edmonton Wildcats, a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta
• Hamilton Wildcats (Canadian football), a defunct team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Hamilton Wildcats, an amateur Australian rules football club based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• 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

• 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

• Arkansas Wildcats, a team of the Women's Football Alliance
• Atlanta Wildcats, an American Basketball Association team
• Colorado Wildcats (1998), a team in the Professional Indoor Football League
• Connecticut Wildcats, a rugby league team in the USA Rugby League
• 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
• Los Angeles Wildcats (1926), an American Football League team (actually based in Chicago)
• 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 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
• 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

• 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

• Wildcat formation, an American football offensive scheme
• Wildcat Stadium, five sports stadiums in the United States

Technology

Vehicles

• 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, a four-wheel-drive vehicle built between 1974 and 1984, also sold as the Daihatsu Wildcat
• Grumman F4F Wildcat, an American World War II carrier fighter
• Hobie Wildcat (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

• 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

• 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 unusual practices of banks chartered under state law from 1816 to 1863 in the United States
• 17493 Wildcat, an asteroid
• The Wildcat Cafe, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada