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Felis catus
Linnaeus, 1758
- domestic cat
(mammal)
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Entity:
Felis (Genus) - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
..†Felis atrox (Species)
..Felis bieti (Species) - Chinese mountain cat
..Felis chaus (Species) - jungle cat
..†Felis hillanus (Species)
..†Felis hippolestes (Species)
..†Felis lacustris (Species)
..†Felis lunensis (Species)
..Felis manul (Species) - Pallas's cat
..Felis margarita (Species) - sand cat
..Felis nigripes (Species) - black-footed cat
..Felis silvestris (Species) - wildcat
..Felis catus (Species) - domestic cat
....both longhaired and shorthaired breeds (Group)
....longhaired breeds (Group)
....shorthaired breeds (Group)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Gesn. quadr.: 98.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 42.
Unavailable original generic combination
:
Types
Type of
:
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Subsequent rank
:
Felis silvestris catus
Linnaeus, 1758
Different rank
:
Felis silvestris catus
Linnaeus, 1758
Different spelling
:
Felis cattus
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
huiskat
:
kat
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
domestic cat
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 534.
:
house cat
Ref:
Encyclopædia Britannica (eds.), 2006
: 560.
:
cat
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