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Taxon: Genus Felis Linnaeus, 1758 - small cats, lynxes, and cougar (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 41.

Gender

Feminine Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).

Types

Type ofFelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Felis (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Type, by Linnaean tautonymyFelis catus Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable nameFelis (Genus) nom. inval.
Different rankFelis (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Accepted nameLynx (Genus) Kerr, 1792 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameBadiofelis (Genus) Pocock, 1932 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameHerpailurus (Genus) Severtzov, 1858 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameLeptailurus (Genus) Severtzov, 1858 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameMayailurus (Genus) Imaizumi, 1967 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous namePrionailurus (Genus) Severtzov, 1858 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameProfelis (Genus) Severtzov, 1858 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous namePuma (Genus) Jardine, 1834 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
IncludingLeo (Genus) nom. inval. Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 41 (impl.).
IncludingOtocolobus (Genus) Brandt, 1842 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 534.
IncludingOtocolobus (Subgenus) Brandt, 1842
IncludingTigris (Genus) nom. inval.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namekatten

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namesmall cats, lynxes, and cougar
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