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Herpailurus
Severtzov, 1858
(mammal)
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Entity:
Felinae (Subfamily)
..†Abelia (Genus)
..Acinonyx (Genus) - cheetah
..†Adelphailurus (Genus)
..[Ailurogale] (Genus)
..Caracal (Genus)
..Catopuma (Genus)
..†Dinofelis (Genus)
..†Dolichofelis (Genus)
..[Felini] (Tribe)
..Felis (Genus) - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
..†Jansofelis (Genus)
..Leopardus (Genus)
..Leptailurus (Genus)
..[Lynx] (Genus)
..Lynx (Genus) - lynxes
..†Metailurus (Genus)
..†Nimravides (Genus)
..[Oncifelis] (Genus)
..[Oreailurus] (Genus)
..[Otocolobus] (Genus)
..[Pantherini] (Tribe)
..Pardofelis (Genus)
..†Pikermia (Genus)
..†Pratifelis (Genus)
..Prionailurus (Genus)
..Profelis (Genus)
..†Pseudaelurus (Genus)
..Puma (Genus)
..†Sivaelurus (Genus)
..†Sivapanthera (Genus)
..†Sivapardus (Genus)
..†Vishnufelis (Genus)
..[Herpailurus] (Genus)
....[Herpailurus yagouaroundi] (Species)
....[Herpailurus yaguarondi] (Species) - jaguarundi
Authorship
Original name
:
Severtzov, 1858:390.
Questionably
Original rank
:
Types
Type
:
Herpailurus yagouaroundi
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Type, by monotypy
:
Herpailurus yaguarondi
(Lacépède, in Azara, 1809)
Variants
Different rank
:
Herpailurus
(Subgenus)
Severtzov, 1858
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
In
:
Puma
(Genus)
Jardine, 1834
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 544.
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026