Felis chaus Schreber 1777 (jungle cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Felis (Lynx) chaus

Belongs to Felis according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006

See also Allen 1895, Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017 and Kurten 1968

Sister taxa: Felis antediluviana, Felis arundivaza, Felis bieti, Felis bituminosa, Felis borealis, Felis catus, 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: there are no occurrences of Felis chaus in the database

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