Felis
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Felis silvestris
Translingual
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Felis f
Usage notes
- At one time or another almost all species of the family Felidae, especially in the subfamily Felinae, have been placed in genus Felis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; Felinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Felis silvestris (wild cat) - type species; Felis catus (domestic cat), Felis chaus (jungle cat), Felis margarita (sand cat), Felis nigripes (black-footed cat) - species
- Felis silvestris catus (domestic cat) - selected subspecies
Derived terms
- Felis aurata (syn. of Profelis aurata, African golden cat)
- Felis bengalis (syn. of Prionailurus bengalensis, leopard cat)
- Felis canadensis (syn. of Lynx canadensis, Canada lynx)
- Felis caracal (syn, of Caracal caracal, caracal)
- Felis colocolo (syn. of Leopardus colocolo, colocolo)
- Felis concolor (syn. of Puma concolor, puma)
- Felis geoffroyi (syn. of Leopardus geoffroyi, Geoffroy's cat)
- Felis guigna (syn. of Leoprdus guigna, kodkod)
- Felis iriomotensis (syn. of Prionailurus iriomotensis, Iriomote cat)
- Felis jacobita (syn. of Leopardus jacobita, Andean mountain cat)
- Felis lynx (syn. of Lynx lynx, Eurasian lynx)
- Felis manul (syn. of Otocolobus manul, Pallas's cat)
- Felis pardalis (syn. of Leopardus pardalis, ocelot)
- Felis pardina (syn. of Lynx pardinus, Spanish lynx)
- Felis planiceps (syn. of Prionailurus planiceps, flat-headed cat)
- Felis rufus (syn. of Lynx rufus, bobcat)
- Felis serval (syn. of Leptailurus serval, serval)
- Felis temminckii (syn. of Catopuma temminckii, Asiatic golden cat)
- Felis tigrinus (syn. of Leopardus tigrinus, little spotted cat)
- Felis uncia (syn. of Panthera uncia, snow leopard)
- Felis viverrinus (syn. of Prionailurus viverrinus, fishing cat)
- Felis wiedii (syn. of Leopardus wiedii, margay)
- Pardofelis (marbled cat)
- Profelis
References
Felis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Felis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Felis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
