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Felis silvestris (wildcat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis silvestris was named by Schreber (1777). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Felis silvestris Schreber
1999Felis silvestris Goodman and Pidgeon p. 261
2006Felis silvestris Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Felis silvestris Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 16

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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
speciessilvestrisSchreber 1777

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 silvestris Schreber 1777 [wildcat]
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†Felis silvestris lybica Forster 1780
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Felis silvestris (35076)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Felis silvestris (32052)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Felis silvestris (45085)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Felis silvestris (183152)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Felis silvestris (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Felis silvestris (115191)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Felis silvestris (21856 21857 21859)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Felis silvestris (50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Felis silvestris (35045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Felis silvestris (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Felis silvestris (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Felis silvestris (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) Felis silvestris (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Felis silvestris (182709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Felis silvestris (184243)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Felis silvestris (21871 21902 21904 21958 208786 208787)