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Felis  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180586

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): small cats [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderFeliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyFelidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – cats  
                                        SubfamilyFelinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817  
                                           GenusFelis Linnaeus, 1758 – small cats  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesFelis bieti A. Milne-Edwards, 1892 – Chinese Mountain Cat, Chinese desert cat, Chinese steppe cat, Gato de Biet, gato desierto de China 
                                              SpeciesFelis catus Linnaeus, 1758 – Domestic Cat 
                                              SpeciesFelis chaus Schreber, 1777 – Jungle Cat, Swamp Cat, chat de marais, chat de jungle, gato de la jungla, gato de los pantanos 
                                              SpeciesFelis lybica Forster, 1780 – African Wildcat, Indian Desert Cat, chat ganté, chat sauvage d'Afrique, chat sauvage d'Asie, Gato silvestre, gato montés 
                                              SpeciesFelis margarita Loche, 1858 – Sand Cat, Chat des sables, gato del Sahara, gato de las arenas 
                                              SpeciesFelis nigripes Burchell, 1824 – Black-footed Cat, Chat à pieds noirs, Gato patinegro, gato de pies negros 
                                              SpeciesFelis silvestris Schreber, 1777 – Wildcat, European wildcat, Caucasian wildcat, Chat forestier, chat sylvestre, chat sauvage d'Europe, gato silvestre, Gato montés 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Felis    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Felis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Felis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Felis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11   
  Page(s): 1-80   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1027-2992   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Felis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Felidae (Cats)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 54-169   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Felis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Felis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): xxxv + 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Felis   
       

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