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Kerr, 1792
(mammal)
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Felis (Genus) - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
..[Caracal] (Subgenus) - caracal
..[Felis] (Subgenus)
..†Felis atrox (Species)
..[Felis aurata] (Species) - African golden cat
..[Felis bengalensis] (Species) - leopard cat
..Felis bieti (Species) - Chinese mountain cat
..[Felis caffer] (Species)
..[Felis cattus] (Species)
..Felis catus (Species) - domestic cat
..Felis chaus (Species) - jungle cat
..[Felis chaus] (Species)
..[Felis domesticus] (Species)
..†Felis hillanus (Species)
..†Felis hippolestes (Species)
..[Felis iriomotensis] (Species) - Iriomote cat
..†Felis lacustris (Species)
..[Felis leo] (Species)
..[Felis libyca] (Species)
..†Felis lunensis (Species)
..[Felis lybica] (Species) - African wild cat
..[Felis lynx] (Species)
..[Felis maniculata] (Species)
..Felis manul (Species) - Pallas's cat
..Felis margarita (Species) - sand cat
..[Felis marmorata] (Species) - marbled cat
..Felis nigripes (Species) - black-footed cat
..[Felis onca] (Species)
..[Felis pardalis] (Species) - ocelot
..[Felis pardus] (Species)
..[Felis pirrensis] (Species)
..[Felis planiceps] (Species) - flat-headed cat
..[Felis rubiginosa] (Species) - rusty-spotted cat
..[Felis serval] (Species) - serval
..Felis silvestris (Species) - wildcat
..[Felis sylvestris] (Species) - wild cat
..[Felis temminckii] (Species) - Asiatic golden cat
..[Felis tigrina] (Species) - little spotted cat
..[Felis tigris] (Species)
..[Felis viverrina] (Species) - fishing cat
..[Felis wiedii] (Species) - margay
..[Felis yagouaroundi] (Species) - jaguarundi
..[Herpailurus] (Subgenus) - jaguarundi
..[Ictailurus] (Subgenus)
..[Leopardus] (Subgenus)
..[Leptailurus] (Subgenus) - serval
..[Lynchailurus] (Subgenus) - pampas cat
..[Mayailurus] (Subgenus) - Iriomote cat
..[Microfelis] (Subgenus)
..[Noctifelis] (Subgenus)
..[Oreailurus] (Subgenus) - mountain cat
..[Otocolobus] (Subgenus) - Pallas's cat
..[Pardofelis] (Subgenus)
..[Prionailurus] (Subgenus)
..[Profelis] (Subgenus)
..[Puma] (Subgenus)
..[Lynx] (Subgenus)
....†Felis californicus (Species)
....[Felis canadensis] (Species)
....[Felis caracal] (Species) - caracal
....[Felis lynx] (Species) - lynx
....[Felis pardina] (Species) - Spanish lynx
....[Felis pardinus] (Species)
....[Felis rufus] (Species) - bobcat
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
R. Kerr, 1792
Original name
:
Kerr, R. 1792. Anim. Kingdom, 1
: 41, 155.
Original rank
:
op. cit.: 41, 155; 145.
Original spelling
:
op. cit.: 155.
Variants
Current rank
:
Lynx
(Genus)
Kerr, 1792
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 541.
Synonyms
Including
:
Caracal
(Genus)
Gray, 1843
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
Caracal
(Subgenus)
Gray, 1843
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
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