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    The Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti), also known as Chinese desert cat and Chinese steppe cat, is a small wild Felis species with sand-coloured fur,...
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    years ago. The generic name Felis is derived from Classical Latin fēlis meaning 'cat, ferret'. Carl Linnaeus considered Felis to comprise all cat species...
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    including: Felis ocreata by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1791 was based on a description of a wildcat encountered in northern Ethiopia by James Bruce. Felis cafra...
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    from an oasis in the Turpan Depression in western China. Felis (Felis) murgabensis and Felis (Felis) matschiei by Ludwig Zukowsky in 1914 were wildcat skins...
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    lineages included: Felis silvestris silvestris (Europe) Felis silvestris bieti (China) Felis silvestris ornata (Central Asia) Felis silvestris cafra (Southern...
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    Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther. pp. 413–414. Temminck, C. J. (1827). "Félis doré Felis aurata". Monographies de Mammalogie. Paris: G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne...
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    Cat (redirect from Felis catus Domesticus)
    glaring, or a colony. The scientific name Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. Felis catus domesticus was proposed by Johann...
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    Jungle cat (redirect from Felis chaus)
    "allied cat" (Felis affinis) by John Edward Gray in 1830. Two years later, Johann Friedrich von Brandt proposed a new species under the name Felis rüppelii...
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    Missing or empty |title= (help) Pocock, R. I. (1951). "Felis catus". Catalogue of the genus Felis. London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 10. Miller...
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    Sand cat (redirect from Felis margarita)
    considered it a species, but subordinated it to the genus Felis using the scientific name Felis thinobius. Later he considered it a sand cat subspecies...
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    including: Felis silvestris caucasica proposed by Konstantin Satunin in 1905 was a skin of a female cat collected near Borjomi in Georgia. Felis grampia...
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    Margay (redirect from Felis wiedii)
    of mimicry. Felis wiedii was the scientific name proposed by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1821 for a zoological specimen from Brazil. Felis macroura was...
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  • Mountain lion Andean mountain cat, Leopardus jacobita Chinese mountain cat, Felis bieti Iriomote mountain cat, Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis Ringtail...
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    Pallas's cat (redirect from Felis manul)
    Pallas's cat an aberrant form of Felis. In 1951, John Ellerman and Terence Morrison-Scott considered the nominate subspecies Felis manul manul to be distributed...
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    from Sumatra. Felis moormensis proposed by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1831 was a young male cat caught alive by Moormi hunters in Nepal. Felis tristis proposed...
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    "Distribution and conservation status of the endemic Chinese mountain cat Felis bieti". Oryx. 38: 55–61. doi:10.1017/s0030605304000092 (inactive 27 August...
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    human-induced hybrid between the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the jungle cat species (Felis chaus). It should not be confused with the Euro-chausie...
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    divergence of Felis species at around 6.52 to 1.03 million years ago. Both models agree on the jungle cat (F. chaus) having been the first Felis species that...
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    Jaguarundi (redirect from Felis eyra)
    proposed the scientific name Felis yagouarundi. In the 19th and 20th centuries, several more zoological specimens were described: Felis eyra proposed by Gotthelf...
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    million years ago. Felis species diverged from the Felidae around 6–7 million years ago. The European wildcat diverged from Felis about 1.09 to 1.4 million...
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    Serval (redirect from Felis serval)
    were described: Felis constantina proposed by Georg Forster in 1780 was a specimen from the vicinity of Constantine, Algeria. Felis servalina proposed...
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    Arabian wildcat (Felis lybica lybica), also called Gordon's wildcat is a wildcat subspecies that inhabits the Arabian Peninsula. Felis silvestris gordoni...
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    Synonyms synonyms of L. garleppi Felis (Lynchailurus) pajeros garleppi Matschie, 1912 Felis pajeros thomasi Lönnberg, 1913 Felis pajeros garleppi Lönnberg,...
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    Carnivora Felidae Felis bieti Chinese mountain cat 荒漠貓 I 04 II Carnivora Felidae Felis chaus Jungle cat 丛林猫 I 06 II Carnivora Felidae Felis silvestris European...
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    Presidency Felis horsfieldi (Gray, 1842) from Bhutan Felis wagati (Gray, 1867) and Felis tenasserimensis (Gray, 1867) from Tenasserim Felis microtis (Milne-Edwards...
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  • wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) Bornean bay cat (Pardofelis badia) Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti) Fishing...
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    affected by loss and destruction of its prime habitat, deciduous forests. Felis rubiginosa was the scientific name used by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire...
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    Kodkod (redirect from Felis guigna)
    color than normal. Felis guigna was the scientific name used in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina who first described a kodkod from Chile. Felis tigrillo was the...
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    Genus: Catopuma Asian golden cat, C. temminckii NT Genus: Felis Chinese mountain cat, F. bieti VU Jungle cat, F. chaus LC African wildcat, F. lybica LC...
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    Tiger (redirect from Felis tigris)
    in his work Systema Naturae and gave it the scientific name Felis tigris, as the genus Felis was being used for all cats at the time. His scientific description...
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