Felis Linnaeus, 1758

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 289

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Felis Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:41.

TYPE SPECIES: Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL (= Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 View in CoL ), by Linnean tautonymy ( Melville and Smith, 1987).

SYNONYMS: Catolynx Severtzov, 1858; Chaus Gray, 1843 ; Eremaelurus Ognev, 1927 ; Microfelis Roberts, 1926 ; Otailurus Severtzov, 1858 .

COMMENTS: Revised by Schwangart (1943), Pocock (1951), and Haltenorth (1953).

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Felidae

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