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Genus
Felis
Linnaeus, 1758
- small cats, lynxes, and cougar
(mammal)
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Entity:
Felinae (Subfamily)
..†Abelia (Genus)
..Acinonyx (Genus) - cheetah
..†Adelphailurus (Genus)
..Caracal (Genus)
..Catopuma (Genus)
..†Dinofelis (Genus)
..†Dolichofelis (Genus)
..†Jansofelis (Genus)
..Leopardus (Genus)
..Leptailurus (Genus)
..Lynx (Genus) - lynxes
..†Metailurus (Genus)
..†Nimravides (Genus)
..Pardofelis (Genus)
..†Pikermia (Genus)
..†Pratifelis (Genus)
..Prionailurus (Genus)
..Profelis (Genus)
..†Pseudaelurus (Genus)
..Puma (Genus)
..†Sivaelurus (Genus)
..†Sivapanthera (Genus)
..†Sivapardus (Genus)
..†Vishnufelis (Genus)
..Felis (Genus) - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
....†Felis atrox (Species)
....Felis bieti (Species) - Chinese mountain cat
....Felis catus (Species) - domestic 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
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 41.
Gender
Feminine
Ref:
ICZN, 1999.
Int. Code Zool. Nomencl.
(ed. 4)
: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).
Types
Type of
:
Felinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Felis
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Type, by Linnaean tautonymy
:
Felis catus
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Felis
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Different rank
:
Felis
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Lynx
(Genus)
Kerr, 1792
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Badiofelis
(Genus)
Pocock, 1932
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Herpailurus
(Genus)
Severtzov, 1858
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Leptailurus
(Genus)
Severtzov, 1858
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Mayailurus
(Genus)
Imaizumi, 1967
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Prionailurus
(Genus)
Severtzov, 1858
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Profelis
(Genus)
Severtzov, 1858
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Puma
(Genus)
Jardine, 1834
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Leo
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 41 (impl.).
Including
:
Otocolobus
(Genus)
Brandt, 1842
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 534.
Including
:
Otocolobus
(Subgenus)
Brandt, 1842
Including
:
Tigris
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
katten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
small cats, lynxes, and cougar
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