Felis margarita

Loche, 1858

Sand Cat

Side view of sitting adult, showing face
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Location:USA, IL, Cook Co., Chicago, Brookfield ZooDate taken:Apr 11, 2004

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1597

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Loche, G.G. 1858-02. Description d'une nouvelle de chat. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)10:49-50.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316396

Original name as described

Felis margarita

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sahara, Algeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Morocco · Algeria · Niger · Mali · Chad · Egypt · Sudan · Israel? · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Yemen? · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Qatar? · Syria · Iraq · Kuwait · Iran · Pakistan? · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005988

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 15 names and synonyms.

Felis Margueritæ

Loche, 1857

Family

Felidae

Root name

margueritae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13712419

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Felis margarita

Loche, 1858

Family

Felidae

Root name

margarita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316396

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Loche (1858:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  2. Murray (1866:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Loche (1867:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
  4. Flower (1932:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  5. Allen (1939:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  6. Pocock (1951:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35408)
  7. Osborn & Helmy (1980:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:279, 280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Wozencraft (1993:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  12. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  13. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  15. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8541/50651884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Felis marginata

J. E. Gray, 1867

Family

Felidae

Root name

marginata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533715

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1867:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37913)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis caligata Margaritae

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Felidae

Root name

margaritae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434905

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Felis libyca margueritei

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Felidae

Root name

margueritei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423154

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Felis ocreata marguerittei

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Felidae

Root name

marguerittei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

variant · preoccupied

Authority page

386-387

Authority publication

Causeries Sci. Soc. Zool. de France

Name usages

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

Eremaelurus thinobius

(Ognev, 1926)

Family

Felidae

Root name

thinobia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-14226

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-14226

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Felis margarita aïrensis

Pocock, 1938

Family

Felidae

Root name

airensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1673

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ccf8256e-5ddd-4010-8225-78860a751292

Authority page

472

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Pocock (1951:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35408)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis margarita meinertzhageni

Pocock, 1938

Family

Felidae

Root name

meinertzhageni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1934.8.2.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d057338-1643-4392-8751-634922cd8264

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Pocock (1951:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35408)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis margarita margarita

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Felidae

Root name

margarita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782052

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Pocock (1951:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35408)
  3. Osborn & Helmy (1980:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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