Felis nigripes

Burchell, 1824

Black-footed Cat

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Burchell, W.J. 1824. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Volume II. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 648 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47029233

Original name as described

Felis nigripes

Other common names

Small Spotted Cat · Anthill Tiger

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kuruman, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia · Angola? · Zimbabwe? · Botswana · South Africa · Lesotho? · Eswatini?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005989

Country distribution map

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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 (Microfelis) nigripes thomasi

Shortridge, 1931

Family

Felidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AMG 6333

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

119, pl. 17

Authority publication

Records of the Albany Museum

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis nigripes

Burchell, 1824

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

592 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47029233

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741661) (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. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8542/177944648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microfelis nigripes

(A. Roberts, 1937)

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority publication

South African Journal of Science

Name usages

Roberts (1937:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)

Felis nigripes nigripes

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigripes

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 (2009:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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