Felis margarita Loche 1858 (sand cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

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

See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017

Sister taxa: Felis antediluviana, Felis arundivaza, Felis bieti, Felis borealis, Felis catus, Felis chaus, Felis domesticus, Felis gombaszoegensis, Felis improcera, Felis lunensis, Felis lybica, 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 margarita in the database

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