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Database


 

Taxonomy

Accepted name

Felis silvestris Schreber 1775

Taxonomic rank

Species

Taxonomic status

valid

Taxonomic comment


Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)

Taxonomic comment

Felis Linnaeus 1758 [genus]

no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)

Original genus

Taxonomic comment

silvestris Schreber 1775 [species]

Felis

silvestris Schreber 1775 [nominotypical subspecies]

Felis


Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank

Name

Kingdom

Animalia

Subkingdom

Eumetazoa

Phylum

Chordata

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Infraphylum

Gnathostomata

Class

Mammalia

Subclass

Eutheria

Order

Carnivora

Suborder

Feliformia

Family

Felidae

Genus

Felis

Species

silvestris

Subspecies

grampia

Subspecies

lybica

Subspecies

silvestris

Subspecies

tartessia




Experts

Name

Fauna Europaea status

Bogdanowicz, Prof. Dr Wieslaw

group coordinator

Bogdanowicz, Prof. Dr Wieslaw

taxonomic specialist


References

Accepted name:

Felis silvestris Schreber 1775

Author

Year

Title

Source

Mitchell-Jones A. J., Amori G., Bogdanowicz W., Krystufek B., Reijnders P.J.H., Spitzenberger F., Stubbe M., Thissen J.B.M., Vohralik V. & J. Zima

1999

The atlas of European Mammals

Academic Press, London, 484 pp.

Species synonyms:

silvestris Schreber 1775 [nominotypical subspecies]

Author

Year

Title

Source

Niethammer J. & F. Krapp , Eds

1993

Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas

vol. 5/II. Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden

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