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Felis

Felis
Temporal range: Messinian - Holocene 6.2-0 Ma
Wildkatze MGH.jpg
Wildcat, Felis silvestris
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Felis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Native Felis range

Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat Felinae species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat. The smallest Felis species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from 38 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in). The largest is the jungle cat with a head and body length from 62 to 76 cm (24 to 30 in).[1]

Genetic studies indicate that Felis, Otocolobus and Prionailurus diverged from a Eurasian progenitor about 6.2 million years ago, and that Felis species split off 3.04 to 0.99 million years ago.[2][3]

Etymology

The generic name Felis means "cat" in Latin.[4]

Taxonomy

Linnaeus considered Felis to comprise all cat species known until 1758.[5] Later taxonomists split the cat family into different genera. In 1917, the British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock revised the genus Felis as comprising only the ones listed in the following table.[1] Estimated genetic divergence times of the listed species are indicated in million years ago (Mya), based on analysis of autosomal, xDNA, yDNA and mtDNA gene segments.[6]

Species Image IUCN Red List status and distribution
Domestic cat (F. catus) Linnaeus, 1758[7] Jammlich crop.jpg
European wildcat (F. silvestris) Schreber, 1777[8]

diverged 1.62 to 0.59 Mya

 European Wildcat Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald 03.jpg LC[9]

EuropeanWildcat distribution.jpg

Jungle cat (F. chaus) Schreber, 1777[10]

diverged 4.88 to 2.41 Mya

 Jungle Cat Felis chaus by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN7957 (3).jpg LC[11]

Distribution of Jungle Cat.jpg

African wildcat (F. lybica) Forster, 1780[12]

diverged 1.86 to 0.72 Mya

 Parc des Felins Chat de Gordoni 28082013 2.jpg

AfricanWildcat distribution.jpg

Black-footed cat (F. nigripes) Burchell, 1824[13]

diverged 4.44 to 2.16 Mya

 Blackfooted2.jpg VU[14]

Black-footedCat distribution.jpg

Sand cat (F. margarita) Loche, 1858[15]

diverged 3.67 to 1.72 Mya

 Persian sand CAT.jpg LC[16]

SandCat distribution.jpg

Chinese mountain cat (F. bieti) Milne-Edwards, 1892[17]

diverged 1.86 to 0.72 Mya

 Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis Bieti) in XiNing Wild Zoo croped.jpg VU[18]

ChineseMountainCat distribution.jpg

Pocock accepted the Pallas's cat as the only member of the genus Otocolobus.[1] Other scientists consider it also a Felis species.[19]

Several scientists consider the Chinese mountain cat a subspecies of F. silvestris.[20]

A black cat from Transcaucasia described in 1904 as F. daemon by Satunin[21] turned out to be a feral cat, probably a hybrid of wildcat and domestic cat.[22] The Kellas cat is a hybrid between domestic cat and European wildcat occurring in Scotland.[23]

The Corsican wildcat is considered to have been introduced to Corsica before the beginning of the 1st millennium.[24][25] A genetic study of a dozen individuals showed that they are closely related to the African wildcat originating in the Middle East.[26]

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of living Felis species are shown in the following cladogram:[6]

Felidae 
 Felinae
 
 
 Felis
 
 
 
 
 
 

Domestic cat (F. catus)

 
 

European wildcat (F. silvestris)

 
 
 
 

African wildcat (F. lybica)

 
 

Chinese mountain cat (F. bieti)

 
 
 
 

Sand cat (F. margarita)

 
 
 

Black-footed cat (F. nigripes)

 
 
 

Jungle cat (F. chaus)

 
 
 
 

other Felinae lineages

 
 
 
 
 

Pantherinae

 
 

Fossil Felis species

Fossil Felis species include:

Characteristics

Felis species have high and wide skulls, short jaws and narrow ears with short tufts, but without any white spots on the back of the ears. Their pupils contract to a vertical slit.[1]

References

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  2. ^ Johnson, W. E.; Eizirik, E.; Pecon-Slattery, J.; Murphy, W. J.; Antunes, A.; Teeling, E.; O'Brien, S. J. (2006). "The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: A Genetic Assessment". Science. 311 (5757): 73-77. Bibcode:2006Sci...311...73J. doi:10.1126/science.1122277. PMID 16400146.
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  12. ^ Forster, G. R. (1780). "LIII. Der Karakal". Herrn von Büffons Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere. Mit Vermehrungen, aus dem Französischen übersetzt. Sechster Band [Mr. von Büffon's Natural History of Quadrupeds. With additions, translated from French. Volume 6]. Berlin: Joachim Pauli. pp. 299-319.
  13. ^ Burchell, W. J. (1824). "Felis nigripes". Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Vol. II. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. p. 592.
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  15. ^ Loche, V. (1858). "Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Chat par M. le capitaine Loche" [Description of a new species of cat, Mr. Captain Loche]. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. 2. X: 49-50.
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