Southern African wildcat

Southern African wildcat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Felis
Species:
F. lybica
Subspecies:
F. l. cafra
Trinomial name
Felis lybica cafra
Desmarest, 1822

The Southern African wildcat (Felis lybica cafra) is an African wildcat subspecies native to Southern and Eastern Africa.[1] In 2007, it was tentatively recognised as a distinct subspecies on the basis of genetic analysis.[2] Morphological evidence indicates that the split between the African wildcat subspecies in Africa occurred in the area of Tanzania and Mozambique.[3]

It is also known in English as the 'bush cat'.[4]

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  2. ^ Driscoll, C. A., Menotti-Raymond, M., Roca, A. L., Hupe, K., Johnson, W. E., Geffen, E., Harley, E., Delibes, M., Pontier, D., Kitchener, A. C., Yamaguchi, N., O’Brien, S. J., Macdonald, D. (2007). "The near eastern origin of cat domestication". Science. 317 (5837): 519–523. Bibcode:2007Sci...317..519D. doi:10.1126/science.1139518. PMC 5612713. PMID 17600185.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Kitchener, A. C. & Rees, E. E. (2009). "Modelling the dynamic biogeography of the wildcat: implications for taxonomy and conservation". Journal of Zoology. 279 (2): 144–155. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00599.x.
  4. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1951). "Felis lybica cafra". Catalogue of the Genus Felis. London: British Museum of Natural History. pp. 102–109.