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Felis lybica (African wildcat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis lybica was named by Forster (1780). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. carocal, F. macrotis, F. microtis, F. sylvestris, F. libyca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Felis lybica Forster
2006Felis lybica Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Felis lybica Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusFelis
specieslybicaForster 1780

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Felis lybica Forster 1780 [African wildcat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Felis libyca (22340)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Felis libyca (21963)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Felis libyca (21899 21901)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Felis libyca (21695 21828 21916 21929 21931 21956 115205)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Libya Felis libyca (21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Felis libyca (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Felis libyca (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt Felis libyca (21883)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Felis libyca (21276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Felis libyca (115184)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Felis libyca (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Felis libyca (21909 21911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Felis libyca (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Felis lybica (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Felis libyca (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Felis libyca (21896 21930 21940 21946 96973)