Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
Subfamily Felinae Batsch, 1788
Genus Felis Linnaeus, 1758 - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
Felis margarita Loche, 1858 - sand cat
1 [Felis margarita margarita] Loche, 1858
2 Felis margarita airensis Pocock, 1951
3 Felis margarita harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb & Groves, 1976
4 Felis margarita meinertzhageni Pocock, 1938
5 Felis margarita scheffeli Hemmer, 1974
6 Felis margarita thinobia (Ognev, 1927)