Life Mammalia Carnivora Felidae

• Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 CEU, SEU - Asia Minor - N.India - W.China, Africa. See [maps] Villikotikissa Kissa Wild Cat

  Probable ancestor of dometic cat, Felis catus

  • F. s. silvestris Europe (mainland), Scotland

    • euxina ; (Rumania)
    • ferox
    • ferus
    • grampia ; (Scotland)
    • morea ; (Greece)
    • molisana ; (Italy)
    • tartessia ; (SW.Spain)
  • F. s. jordansi Schwarz, 1930 Majorca, Balearic Islands?
  • F. s. reyi Lavauden, 1929 Corsica
  • F. s. cretensis Haltenorth, 1953 Crete

    • Felis silvestris cretensis Haltenorth, 1953; ; TL: Kanea, Crete
  • F. s. caucasica Satunin, 1905 Caucasus, Asia Minor

    • trapezia
  • F. s. tristrami Pocock, 1944 Palestine

    • syriaca (Tristram)
    • maniculata (Yerbury & Thomas); (Aden)
  • F. s. iraki Cheesman, 1921 Kuwait, Iraq
  • F. s. gordoni Harrison, 1968 Oman, Arabia

    • Felis silvestris gordoni Harrison, 1968; The mammals of Arabia, 2:; TL: Wadi Suwera, 6 miles west of Sohar, Batinah coast of Oman
  • F. s. caudata Gray, 1874 Turkestan

    • silvestris caudata (Gray, 1874); ; TL: Ferghana
    • griseoflava
    • issikulensis
    • kozlovi ; (E. Tien Shan)
    • longipilis (Zukovsky)
    • maimanah ; (Afghanistan)
    • ?matschiei ; (SE. of Caspian Sea)
    • murgabensis
    • schnitnikovi
  • F. s. ornata Gray, 1832 Iraq?, Iran - India

    • ?nesterovi ; (S.Iraq)
    • servalina
    • torquata
  • F. s. chutuchta Birula, 1917 S.Mongolia
  • F. s. vellerosa Pocock, 1943 Borders of Ordos, NE.Shensi
  • F. s. libyca Forster, 1780 N.Africa, ?Sardinia, Sicily

    • silvestris libyca (Forster, 1780); ; TL: Tunis
    • lybiensis
    • ?bubastis ; (sacred cat of ancient Egypt)
    • cyrenarum ; (Libya)
    • mauritana ; (Morocco)
    • mediterranea
    • ?sarda ; (Sardinia)
    • torquata
  • F. s. ocreata Gmelin, 1791 Ethiopia
  • F. s. cafra Desmarest, 1822 S.Africa
• Felis catus Linneus Domestic Cat
• Felis bieti Milne-Edwards, 1892 Szechuan - S.Mongolia. See [maps] Chinese Desert Cat

  • Felis bieti Milne-Edwards, 1892; ; TL: Vicinity of Tongola and Tatsienlu, Szechuan, China
  • pallida ; (Kansu)
  • subpallida

  Possibly should be included into F. silvestris.

• Felis chaus Güldenstaedt, 1776 Egypt - Iraq - Volga delta, Aral Sea, Chinese Turkestan, India - Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. See [maps] Jungle Cat

  • typica
  • affinis ; (N. India)
  • catolonyx
  • chrysomleanotis
  • erythrotus
  • fulvidina
  • furax ; (Palestine)
  • jacquemontii
  • kelaarti ; (Sri Lanka)
  • kutas ; (Bengali)
  • nilotica ; (Egypt)
  • prateri ; (Sind)
  • rüppelii (Brandt)
  • F. c. oxiana Heptner, 1969

    • Felis chaus oxiana Heptner, 1969; ; TL: Tigrovoya Balka Reserve, lower Vakhsh R. (tributary of Amu Darya), Russian Turkestan
• Felis margarita Loche, 1858 Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, Niger, Sinai, Arabia, N.Iran, Turkestan, Baluchistan. See [maps] Sand Cat

  • Felis margarita Loche, 1858; ; TL: Near Negonça, Algeria
  • F. m. margarita African part of the range

    • marginata
    • marguerittei
    • meinertzhageni
    • Felis margarita airensis Pocock, 1938; ; TL: In-Abbangarit, west of Air, Niger
  • F. m. thinobia (Ognev, 1926) Turkestan
  • F. m. scheffeli Hemmer, 1974 Pakistan

    • Felis margarita scheffeli Hemmer, 1974; Senckenberg. biol. 55:; TL: Nushki Desert, Pakistan
  • F. m. harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb & Groves, 1976 Oman

    • Felis margarita harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb & Groves, 1976; Säugetierk. 41:; TL: Northern edge of Umm as Samin, Oman, 21°55'N, 55°50'E

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