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)