Felis silvestris Schreber 1775
Creators: name: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Felis
Felis silvestris

description: <i>Felis silvestris</i> Schreber, 1775. Die Säugethiere, 2(15):pl. 107 (1775]; text 3(23):397[1777]. TYPE LOCALITY: Not given. Fixed by Haltenorth (1953) as "vielleicht Nordfrankreich". Listed by Pocock (1951) as " Germany ". DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Arabia, Botswana, Chad, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Pakistan, Poland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Türkistan, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Introduced to: Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Madagascar. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II (the domestic cat, <i>Felis catus,</i> is specifically excluded from protection). SYNONYMS: <i>agrius</i> Bate, 1906; <i>algiricus</i> Fischer, 1829; <i>angorensis</i> Gmelin, 1788; <i>antiquorum</i> Fischer, 1829; <i>aureus</i> Kerr, 1792; <i>bouvieri</i> Rochebrune, 1883; <i>brevicaudata</i> Schinz, 1844; <i>brockmani</i> Pocock, 1944; <i>bubastis</i> Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832; <i>caeruleus</i> Erxleben, 1777; <i>caffra</i> A. Smith, 1826; <i>cafra</i> Desmarest, 1822; <i>caligata</i> Temminck, 1824; <i>catus</i> Linnaeus, 1758; <i>caucasicus</i> Satunin, 1905; <i>caudatus</i> Gray, 1874; <i>cretensis</i> Haltenorth, 1953; <i>cristata</i> Lataste, 1885; <i>cumana</i> Schinz, 1844; <i>cyrenarum</i> Ghigi, 1920; <i>daemon</i> Satunin, 1904; <i>domesticus</i> Erxleben, 1777; <i>euxina</i> Pocock, 1943; <i>ferox</i> Martorelli, 1896; <i>ferus</i> Erxleben, 1777; <i>foxi</i> Pocock, 1944; <i>grampia</i> Miller, 1907; <i>griselda</i> Thomas, 1926; <i>griseoflava</i> Zukowski, 1914; <i>gulata</i> Herman, 1804; <i>haussa</i> Thomas and Hinton, 1921; <i>hispanicus</i> Erxleben, 1777; <i>huttoni</i> Blyth, 1846; <i>iraki</i> Cheesman, 1920; <i>issikulensis</i> Ognev, 1930; <i>japonica</i> Fischer, 1829; <i>jordansi</i> Schwarz, 1930; <i>kozlovi</i> Satunin, 1905; <i>longiceps</i> Bechstein, 1800; <i>longipilis</i> Zukowsky, 1915; <i>lowei</i> Pocock, 1944; <i>lybica</i> Forster, 1780; <i>lybiensis</i> Kerr, 1792; <i>lynesi</i> Pocock, 1944; <i>macrothrix</i> Zukowsky, 1915; <i>madagascariensis</i> Kerr, 1792; <i>maniculata</i> Temminck, 1824; <i>matschiei</i> Zukowsky, 1914; <i>mauritana</i> Cabrera, 1906; <i>mediterranea</i> Martorelli, 1896; <i>megalotis</i> Müller, 1839; <i>mellandi</i> Schwann, 1904; <i>molisana</i> Altobello, 1921; <i>morea</i> Trouessart, 1904; <i>murgabensis</i> Zukowsky, 1914; <i>namaquana</i> Thomas, 1926; <i>nandae</i> Heller, 1913; <i>nesterovi</i> Birula, 1916; <i>nubiensis Kerr, 1792</i>; <i>obscura</i> Desmarest, 1822; <i>ocreata</i> Gmelin, 1791; <i>ornata</i> Gray, 1830; <i>pulchella</i> Gray, 1837; <i>pyrrhus</i> Pocock, 1944; <i>reyi</i> Lavauden, 1929; <i>ruber</i> Gmelin, 1788; <i>rubida</i> Schwann, 1904; <i>ruppelii</i> Schinz, 1825; <i>rusticana</i> Thomas, 1928; <i>salvandola</i> Dekeyser, 1950; <i>sarda</i> Lataste, 1885; <i>schnitnikovi</i> Birula, 1914; <i>servalina</i> Jardine, 1834; <i>shawiana</i> Blanford, 1876; <i>siamensis</i> Trouessart, 1904; <i>sinensis</i> Kerr, 1792; <i>striatus</i> Bechstein, 1800; <i>syriaca</i> Fischer, 1829; <i>taitae</i> Heller, 1913; <i>tartessia</i> Miller, 1907; <i>torquata</i> Blyth, 1863; <i>tralatitia</i> Fischer, 1829; <i>trapezia</i> Blackler, 1916; <i>tristrami</i> Pocock, 1944; <i>ugandae</i> Schwann, 1904; <i>vernayi</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>vulgaris</i> Fischer, 1829; <i>xanthella</i> Thomas, 1926. COMMENTS: Revised by Ragni and Randi (1986), who included <i>libyca,</i> and by Haltenorth (1953), who included <i>chutuchta, libyca,</i> and <i>vellerosa;</i> however, <i>chutuchta</i> and <i>vellerosa</i> were placed in <i>bieti</i> in Pocock's (1951) revision, provisionally followed here. Includes <i>F. catus</i> (worldwide), which was domesticated from this species (Corbet, 1978c:181). Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) argued that <i>lybica</i> Foster, 1780, was a <i>lapsus</i> for <i>libyca;</i> however, there is no clear internal evidence that the name was misspelled (Meester et al., 1986). Rosevear (1974), Ansell (1978), Smithers (1983), and Meester et al. (1986) retained <i>lybica</i> as separate from <i>silvestris.</i>
description: Published as part of <i>W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on pages 290-291, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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