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Palearctic and African Small Cats
Felis
Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Domestic Cat
speciesFelis catus
European Wildcat
speciesFelis silvestris
African Wildcat
speciesFelis lybica
Jungle Cat
speciesFelis chaus
Sand Cat
speciesFelis margarita
Black-footed Cat
speciesFelis nigripes
Domestic × European Wildcat
hybridFelis catus × silvestris
Chinese Mountain Cat
speciesFelis bieti
Domestic Cat × African Wildcat
hybridFelis catus × lybica
Chausie
hybridFelis catus × chaus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41956.