Felis lybica

Forster, 1780

African Wildcat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Felis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

in Buffon's Naturgesch. d. Vierfuss. Thiere, 6: 313, 1780

Original name as described

Felis lybica

Other common names

Desert Cat · Asiatic (Asian) Steppe Wildcat · Indian Desert Cat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

in the region of the ancient town of Gafsa, Tunisia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Italy · Greece · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Mauritania · Mali · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire? · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · Saudi Arabia · Turkey · Azerbaijan · Armenia · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

split from F. silvestris; lybicus changed to lybica to match gender; wild form of F. catus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651. · Driscoll C. A., Menotti-Raymond M., Roca A. L., Hupe K., Johnson W. E., Geffen E., Harley E. H., Delibes M., Pontier D., Kitchener A. C., Yamaguchi N., O'Brien S. J. & Macdonald D. W. 2007. The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication. Science 317, 519-523. · Kitchener, A. C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, C., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., & Yamaguchi, N. (2017). A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group. Cat News.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005987

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis ornata

J. E. Gray, 1830

Family

Felidae

Root name

ornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1848.8.14.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c1e0c6c-4cd7-4166-ab07-2f954434b53a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8d4e4180-8852-4af4-b42a-fe023d2251bc

Authority page

pl. 2

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1863:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Chaus caudatus

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Family

Felidae

Root name

caudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.7.22.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c2f23dee-11a6-4f48-ab7a-ca169a39844b

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502086

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Felis ocreata rubida

Schwann, 1904

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/207c96ed-50d3-405f-a4ea-15ce2ce25adf

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108508

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Felis lybica tristrami

Pocock, 1944

Family

Felidae

Root name

tristrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.1.29.3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Felis ocreata ugandae

Schwann, 1904

Family

Felidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.11.7.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a820fcac-80e0-4d09-89be-af22bac1c029

Authority page

424

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108510

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Felis ocreata namaquana

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Felidae

Root name

namaquana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.3.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/49c18032-5db8-4589-8610-ffd014bf6f7d

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata Mellandi

Schwann, 1904

Family

Felidae

Root name

mellandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.3.11.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db4c2446-b598-4f2a-baa0-dddc110f631f

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108509

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Felis ocreata rusticana

O. Thomas, 1928

Family

Felidae

Root name

rusticana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.9.1.27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5fb4908-d77f-4609-8ea9-d722d06865f9

Authority page

319

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lybica brockmani

Pocock, 1944

Family

Felidae

Root name

brockmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.5.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eafd71af-c612-49a2-973e-3954095fef33 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eafd71af-c612-49a2-973e-3954095fef33/1691366400000

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis bieti vellerosa

Pocock, 1943

Family

Felidae

Root name

vellerosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.1.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d2e89d60-f9de-4fcf-ab97-f8343f52378b

Authority page

172

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lybica foxi

Pocock, 1944

Family

Felidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34ebe8d9-ec7f-4ece-bb74-a83b07cd0dcf

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis libyca var. sarda

Lataste, 1885

Family

Felidae

Root name

sarda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3019, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3020

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06332c95-5927-420a-a7a4-907b2589c656 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93c0bb8d-7718-4913-b35a-c0c36777d2ec

Authority page

231 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26424298

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata iraki

Cheesman, 1920

Family

Felidae

Root name

iraki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.1.19.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/990da687-4bca-41e5-9a74-02d7cf12fc8b

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30358944

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Felis haussa

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921

Family

Felidae

Root name

haussa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51f3b4ef-049d-4435-b547-aeb81d9f0701

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152463

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Felis lybica lynesi

Pocock, 1944

Family

Felidae

Root name

lynesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.65

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2cdf5b79-3408-40b1-9a15-ac472344e3c2

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lybica lowei

Pocock, 1944

Family

Felidae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.66

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f97079ec-bfe9-4903-9c6c-3360d2888c1e

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata xanthella

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Felidae

Root name

xanthella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d19d71a4-b558-4520-8b77-0a2e36fc45d5

Authority page

291

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata griselda

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Felidae

Root name

griselda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.5.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/953a6efe-18a8-49ba-ba3c-7e57a36550d1

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Felis lybica pyrrhus

Pocock, 1944

Family

Felidae

Root name

pyrrha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.5.12.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/689e88a0-69d9-4111-a8e7-3fccbf358206

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis silvestris gordoni

D. L. Harrison, 1968

Family

Felidae

Root name

gordoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1968.608

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d3a77b8f-5802-498d-8f88-7911ba4f6ed7

Authority page

283

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis lybica

Forster, 1780

Family

Felidae

Root name

lybica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

313

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/131299383/154907281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lynx sardiniae

(Mola, 1908)

Family

Felidae

Root name

sardiniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Bolletino della Sociedade Zoologica Italiana

Felis ocreata mauritana

Cabrera, 1906

Family

Felidae

Root name

mauritana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1579

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726949

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

felis cafra

A. G. Desmarest, 1822

Family

Felidae

Root name

cafra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN ZM-MO-2002-321, MNHN-ZM-MO-2002-322

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

540

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521984

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Blyth (1863:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Felis caligata

Temminck, 1825

Family

Felidae

Root name

caligata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-169

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-169

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681269

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Matschie (1895:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis reyi

Lavauden, 1929

Family

Felidae

Root name

reyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1932-3806

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1932-3806

Authority page

1023

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Felis libyca savanicola

Dekeyser, 1950

Family

Felidae

Root name

savanicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1952-5 (= IFAN 48-5-38)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1952-5

Authority page

704, 705

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Français de l'Afrique Noire

Felis Rüppelii

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Felidae

Root name

rueppelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4333

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

509

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523926

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Felis maniculata

Temminck, 1825

Family

Felidae

Root name

maniculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4333

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681274

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis maniculata

Cretzschmar, 1826

Family

Felidae

Root name

maniculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

SMF:MAMM:4333

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1, pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140591

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata vernayi

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Felidae

Root name

vernayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6559

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata

J. F. Gmelin, 1791

Family

Felidae

Root name

ocreata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

27, 79

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Roberts (1913:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Zimara (1935:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Felis ocreata taitae

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

taitae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182220

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ca202775-e8e3-49b1-b2e4-5f8082570fd3

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30095856

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ocreata nandae

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

nandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182367

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4fc3f54-e69d-4c2b-a6c2-87d03fe8b0f1

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30095856

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis (Felis) kozlovi

Satunin, 1905

Family

Felidae

Root name

kozlovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 7701, ZIN S. 3015

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

533

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ornata nesterovi

Birula, 1916

Family

Felidae

Root name

nesterovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9374, ZIN S. 27643

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Felis chutuchta

Birula, 1916

Family

Felidae

Root name

chutuchta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 9377, ZIN S. 9880

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Felis caudata morpha schnitnikovi

Birula, 1915

Family

Felidae

Root name

schnitnikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 10353

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis ornata issikulensis

Ognev, 1930

Family

Felidae

Root name

issikulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-4965

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-4965

Authority page

67; рис. 1–3 в табл. 2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45377489

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis cristata

Lataste, 1885

Family

Felidae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26424296

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis libycus

Loche, 1858

Family

Felidae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949444

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Felis ocreata cafer

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Felidae

Root name

cafer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Felis ocreata sarda

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Felidae

Root name

sarda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Felis ocreata caffra

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

caffra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439561

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Felis silvestris cafra

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

cafra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris caudata

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

caudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris chutuchta

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

chutuchta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Felis silvestris foxi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris griselda

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

griselda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris haussa

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

haussa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis silvestris iraki

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

iraki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris lybica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

lybica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris mellandi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

mellandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis silvestris nesterovi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

nesterovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris ocreata

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

ocreata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris ornata

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

ornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris reyi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

reyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis silvestris rubida

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

ruppelii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

ruppelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

537

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lynx lynx sardiniae

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

sardiniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis silvestris tristrami

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

tristrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris ugandae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris issikulensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Felidae

Root name

issikulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Felis silvestris vellerosa

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Felidae

Root name

vellerosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Felis silvestris brockmani

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

brockmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris pyrrhus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

pyrrhus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis silvestris sarda

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

sarda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis lybicus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Felidae

Root name

lybicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000499

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Felis Lynx lybiensis

Kerr, 1792

Family

Felidae

Root name

lybiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664180

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis Lynx nubiensis

Kerr, 1792

Family

Felidae

Root name

nubiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664180

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis libyca

Olivier, 1804

Family

Felidae

Root name

libyca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

71

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis caffra

A. Smith, 1826

Family

Felidae

Root name

caffra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis dongolana

Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832

Family

Felidae

Root name

dongolana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

dec. 2

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis bubastis

Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Family

Felidae

Root name

bubastis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

dec. 2

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis servalina

Jardine, 1834

Family

Felidae

Root name

servalina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18063068

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:436, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis libyca

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843

Family

Felidae

Root name

libyca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

56

Authority publication

book

Felis torquata

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Felidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681511

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis syriaca

Tristram, 1867

Family

Felidae

Root name

syriaca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis maniculata

Yerbury & O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Felidae

Root name

maniculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30983546

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis mediterranea

Martorelli, 1896

Family

Felidae

Root name

mediterranea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10283411

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lybica subsp. obscura

J. Anderson & de Winton, 1902

Family

Felidae

Root name

obscura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58720603

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis caudata griseoflava

Zukowsky, 1915

Family

Felidae

Root name

griseoflava

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955744

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis caudata longipilis

Zukowsky, 1915

Family

Felidae

Root name

longipilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955746

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis caudata macrothrix

Zukowsky, 1915

Family

Felidae

Root name

macrothrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955958

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis (Felis) matschiei

Zukowsky, 1915

Family

Felidae

Root name

matschiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955963

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis (Felis) murgabensis

Zukowsky, 1915

Family

Felidae

Root name

murgabensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955960

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lybica cyrenarum

Ghigi, 1920

Family

Felidae

Root name

cyrenarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Memorie della Reale Accademie delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis libyca

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Felidae

Root name

libyca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722605

Authority publication

London

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