Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Felinae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Ameghino 1902, Berta 1983, Bjork 1970, Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1880, Geraads 1997, Ginsburg 1977, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1873, Linnaeus 1758, Mivart 1882, Rovereto 1914, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Acinonyx, Caracal, Catopuma, Felini, Herpailurus, Leopardus, Leptailurus, Leptofelis, Lynx, Miopanthera, Miracinonyx, Neofelis, Otocolobus, Panthera, Pardofelis, Pratifelis, Prionailurus, Pristifelis, Puma, Sivapanthera, Styriofelis
Subtaxa: Felis antediluviana Felis arundivaza Felis bieti Felis borealis Felis catus Felis chaus Felis domesticus Felis gombaszoegensis Felis improcera Felis lunensis Felis lybica Felis margarita Felis maximus Felis nigripes Felis ocreata Felis pardoides Felis platensis Felis prisca Felis proplatensis Felis propuma Felis pumoides Felis rexroadensis Felis silvestris Felis toscana Felis youngi
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), China (10), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), the Czech Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (3), Ethiopia (2), France (2), Georgia (1), Germany (6), Greece (10), Hungary (3), Israel (1), Italy (3), Kenya (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Monaco (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (2), Niger (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (26), Spain (2), Sudan (6), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia), Zambia (1)
• Blancan of United States (6: California, Idaho, Kansas, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Chad (1), China (1), Ethiopia (3), Hungary (5), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (11), United States (1: California)
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
• Baodean of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Neogene of Taiwan (2)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), China (2), France (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Moldova (2), Morocco (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 175 collections including 189 occurrences
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