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Felis catus
Linnaeus, 1758
- domestic cat
(mammal)
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Entity:
Felis (Genus) - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
..†Felis atrox (Species)
..Felis bieti (Species) - Chinese mountain cat
..Felis chaus (Species) - jungle cat
..†Felis hillanus (Species)
..†Felis hippolestes (Species)
..†Felis lacustris (Species)
..†Felis lunensis (Species)
..Felis manul (Species) - Pallas's cat
..Felis margarita (Species) - sand cat
..Felis nigripes (Species) - black-footed cat
..Felis silvestris (Species) - wildcat
..Felis catus (Species) - domestic cat
....both longhaired and shorthaired breeds (Group)
....longhaired breeds (Group)
....shorthaired breeds (Group)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Chordata
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(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Carnivora
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(Family)
Felidae
Ancestor
Felis silvestris
Schreber, 1777
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 537.
Original position
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Subsequent positions
Felis
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Current position
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 534.
Alternative positions
Felis (Felis)
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.M. Nowak, 1991
Historical positions
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 534-535.
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 113.
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Felis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 42.
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new spelling
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Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
41v
2006
Encyclopædia Britannica
: 560 (Cat Fanciers' Association)
~37 breeds
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Last updated:
1 Feb 2024