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Felis Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:41. TYPE SPECIES: Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 (= Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775), by Linnean tautonymy (Melville and Smith, 1987). SYNONYMS: Catolynx Severtzov, 1858; Chaus Gray, 1843; Eremaelurus Ognev, 1927; Microfelis Roberts, 1926; Otailurus Severtzov, 1858. COMMENTS: Revised by Schwangart (1943), Pocock (1951), and Haltenorth (1953).

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 289, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191