Felis Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Felidae
- genus
- Felis
Name
- Synonyms
- Avitofelis Kretzoi, 1930
- Catolynx Severtzov, 1858
- Catus Frisch, 1775
- Chaus Gray, 1843
- Eremaelurus Ognev, 1927
- Felia Gray, 1869
- Felix Voigt, 1818
- Folis Tschershi, 1892
- Ictalurus
- Mamfelisus Herrera, 1899
- Microfelis Roberts, 1926
- Octalobus Elliot, 1883
- Octolobus
- Otailurus Severtzov, 1858
- Otocalobus Pocock, 1917
- Otocolobus Brandt, 1842
- Otocolobus Severtzov, 1858
- Poliailurus Lönnberg, 1925
- Trichaelurus Satunin, 1905
- Homonyms
- Felis Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Cat in English
- Cat in English
- Cat in English
- Small Cats in English
- Small Cats in English
- Small Cats in English
- cat in English
- small cats in English
- small cats in English
- small cats in English
- small cats in English
- Cat in English
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 91 Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 1 (1926)
- Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
- Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Felidae (Cats). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 54-169.
- Wilson & Reeder (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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