Felis silvestris lybica Forster, 1780

O’Regan, Hannah J. & Steininger, Christine, 2017, Felidae from Cooper’s Cave, South Africa (Mammalia: Carnivora), Geodiversitas 39 (2), pp. 315-332 : 326

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2017n2a8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206091
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03961919-FD04-FFB1-FC39-082FD277290A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Felis silvestris lybica Forster, 1780
status

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Felis silvestris lybica Forster, 1780 View in CoL

(African wild cat)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — CD 691, left CS ( Table 1).

DESCRIPTION AND TAXONOMIC ASSIGNMENT

This is a small upper canine with a broken tip. One lingual and two buccal grooves are visible in the enamel, it is clearly a small felid and based on its size, it is most likely to be F. s. lybica the African wildcat.