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Taxonomy
Felis lybica was named by Forster (1780). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1780 | Felis lybica Forster |
2006 | Felis lybica Johnson et al. p. 74 |
2017 | Felis lybica Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 17 |
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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
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |
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 |
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Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Felis libyca (22340) | |
Pleistocene | Egypt | Felis libyca (21899 21901) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Felis libyca (21963) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Felis libyca (21695 21828 21916 21929 21931 21956 115205) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt | Felis libyca (21883) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Felis libyca (21924) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Felis libyca (21948 21949 21950 21951 21952) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Libya | Felis libyca (21884) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Felis libyca (21276) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Felis libyca (115184) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | South Africa | Felis libyca (115167) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Felis libyca (21693) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Felis libyca (21690) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Felis libyca (21896 21930 21940 21946 96973) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Felis libyca (21909 21911) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | Felis lybica (205190 205193) |