Felis nigripes Burchell, 1824 . Travels in Interior of Southern Africa, 2:592.

TYPE LOCALITY: Burchell (1824:509) implied the country of the "Bachapins", presumably in the capital, "the town of Litäkun (Letârkoon)...27°.6'.44".[S]...24°.39 '.27"[E]" (South Africa] .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: thomasi Shortridge, 1931.

COMMENTS: Krâl and Zima (1980) noted a distinctly different karotype from other Felis .