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European Wild Cat, Felis silvestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Felis Linnaeus, 1758

Felis is a genus of cats in the family Felidae. European Wild Cat; from the German Wikipedia, photographed by Martin Steiger in the Sankt Gallen Zoological Garden, Switzerland File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 The Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) is a small predator native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families Ailuridae Amphicyonidae † Canidae Felidae Herpestidae Hyaenidae Mephitidae Miacidae † Mustelidae Nandiniidae Nimravidae † Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Procyonidae Ursidae Viverravidae † Viverridae The diverse order Carnivora includes over 260 placental mammals. ... Subfamilies Felinae Pantherinae Acinonychinae Machairodontinae (extinct) Lions, tigers, cats and other felines are members of the family Felidae. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as â–¶ (help· info), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), the name with which his publications were signed, was a Swedish botanist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme... Subfamilies Felinae Pantherinae Acinonychinae Machairodontinae (extinct) Lions, tigers, cats and other felines are members of the family Felidae. ...

Species in the genus include:

• Chinese Desert Cat, Felis bieti
• Jungle Cat, Felis chaus
• Sand Cat, Felis margarita
• Black-footed Cat, Felis nigripes
• Mountain Lion, Felis concolor
• Wild Cat, Felis silvestris
  • European Wild Cat, Felis silvestris silvestris
  • Indian Desert Cat, Felis silvestris ornata
  • Domestic Cat, Felis silvestris catus
  • African Wild Cat, Felis silvestris lybica

Species previously placed in the genus but now considered not to belong include: Binomial name Felis bieti Milne-Edwards, 1892 The Chinese Desert Cat (Felis bieti), also known as the Chinese Mountain Cat, is a small wild cat of western China. ... Binomial name Felis chaus Schreber, 1777 The Jungle Cat (Felis chaus), also called Swamp Lynx (although not related to the lynxes), is a small cat with a rather short tail (length 70 cm, plus 30 cm tail). ... Binomial name Felis margarita Loche, 1858 The Sand Cat (Felis margarita) is a small wild cat (length 50 cm, plus 30 cm tail) distributed over African and Asian deserts. ... Binomial name Felis nigripes Burchell, 1824 The Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes) is a small wild cat distributed over South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. ... Binomial name Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) The puma (Puma concolor) is a type of large cat found in North, Central and South America. ... Binomial name Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 The Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) is a small predator native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. ... Indian Desert Cat (Felis silvestris ornata) is a wild cat found in the Rajasthan desert and in Rann of Kutch in India. ... Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus Schreber, 1775 For alternative meanings see cat (disambiguation). ...

• Caracal, Caracal caracal
• Pallas Cat, Otocolobus manul
• Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis
• Margay, Leopardus wiedii

There is also the fictional species Felis sapiens in the comedy science fiction setting Red Dwarf. Binomial name Caracal caracal (Schreber, 1776) The Caracal, also called Persian lynx or African lynx (Caracal caracal, sometimes Felis caracal), is a medium-sized wild cat. ... Binomial name Otocolobus manul Pallas, 1776 The Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manul, or Felis manul) or Manul is a small wild cat of Central Asia. ... Binomial name Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis, or Felis pardalis) is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico. ... Binomial name Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821) The Margay (Leopardus wiedii, or Felis wiedii) is a spotted cat native to Central and South America. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... Felis sapiens (rendered Felix Sapiens by Krytens replacement in the episode The Last Day) is a fictional intelligent humanoid species from the Red Dwarf television series. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article describes the British science fiction comedy television series. ...