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    years ago. The generic name Felis is derived from Classical Latin fēlis meaning 'cat, ferret'. Carl Linnaeus considered Felis to comprise all cat species...
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    Cat (redirect from Felis catus Domesticus)
    clowder or a glaring. The scientific name Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. Felis catus domesticus was proposed by Johann...
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    including: Felis ocreata by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1791 was based on a description of a wildcat encountered in northern Ethiopia by James Bruce. Felis cafra...
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    Jungle cat (redirect from Felis chaus)
    "allied cat" (Felis affinis) by John Edward Gray in 1830. Two years later, Johann Friedrich von Brandt proposed a new species under the name Felis rüppelii...
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    Sand cat (redirect from Felis margarita)
    considered it a species, but subordinated it to the genus Felis using the scientific name Felis thinobius. Later he considered it a sand cat subspecies...
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    divergence of Felis species at around 6.52 to 1.03 million years ago. Both models agree on the jungle cat (F. chaus) having been the first Felis species that...
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    including: Felis silvestris caucasica proposed by Konstantin Satunin in 1905 was a skin of a female cat collected near Borjomi in Georgia. Felis grampia...
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    Serval (redirect from Felis serval)
    were described: Felis constantina proposed by Georg Forster in 1780 was a specimen from the vicinity of Constantine, Algeria. Felis servalina proposed...
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    Former constellations Wikimedia Commons has media related to Felis (constellation). Felis, Ian Ridpath's Star Tales "The Constellations". International...
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    Pallas's cat (redirect from Felis manul)
    Pallas's cat an aberrant form of Felis. In 1951, John Ellerman and Terence Morrison-Scott considered the nominate subspecies Felis manul manul to be distributed...
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