Felis catus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Felis
Species: Felis catus

secundum Driscoll et al., 2007

Species: Felis silvestris
Subspecies: F. s. catus

Name

Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758: 42

Synonymy

Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758: 42 [Protonym]
Felis catus domesticus Erxleben, 1777: 520
Felis catus angorensis Erxleben, 1777: 521
Felis catus hispanicus Erxleben, 1777: 522
Felis catus caeruleus Erxleben, 1777: 522
Felis catus ruber Gmelin, 1788: 81
Felis catus sinensis Kerr, 1792: 154
Felis catus aureus Kerr, 1792: 155
Felis catus madagascarensis Kerr, 1792: 155
Felis catus striatus Bechstein, 1800: 679
Felis catus longiceps Bechstein, 1800: 679
Felis torquata Cuvier, 1826: Tab. CXXVI, BHL
Felis syriaca Fischer, 1829: 207
Felis domestica vulgaris Fischer, 1829: 208
Felis domestica antiquorum Fischer, 1829: 208
Felis domestica tralatitia Fischer, 1829: 208
Felis domestica japonica Fischer, 1829: 208
Felis inconspicua Gray, 1837: 577
Felis pulchella Gray, 1837: 577
Felis megalotis Müller, 1840: 54
Felis cumana Schinz, 1844: 453
Felis brevicaudata Schinz, 1844: 454
Felis huttoni Blyth, 1846: 169
Felis bouvieri Rochebrune, 1883: 126 [syn. Pocock, 1951: 6]
Felis libyca ?siamensis Trouessart, 1904: 273
Felis daemon Satunin, 1904: 162
Felis ocreata agrius Bate, 1906: 317
Felis silvestris catus

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 42 BHL Reference page.
Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates : cvm synonymia et historia animalivm: Classis I. Mammalia. Lipsiae: Impensis Weygandianis. 636 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. i–xii, 1–500. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page.
Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII 30 unnumbered 1–400 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bechstein, J.M. 1800. Allgemeine Uebersicht der vierfüssigen Thiere. Vol. 2. Reference page.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. & Cuvier, F. 1818–1842. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivans. Paris. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.78766
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Fischer, J.B. 1829. Synopsis Mammalium. Stuttgart. J.G. Cotta. Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of natural history and Journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology, and meteorology. N.S. 1: 577–587. BHL Reference page.
Müller, S. 1839–40. Over de zoogdieren van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Zoologie. Leiden.
Schinz, H. 1844. Systematisches Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt bekannten Säugethiere oder Synopsis mammalium nach dem Cuvier'schen System. Jent und Gassmann: Solothurn. MDZ Reference page.
Hutton, T. 1846. Rough Notes on the Zoology of Candahar and the neighbouring Districts; with Notes by Ed. Blyth. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15: 135–170. BHL Reference page.
de Rochebrune, A.T. 1883. Faune de la Sénégambie. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 37: 49–203. BHL Reference page.
Trouessart, E.-L. 1904. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Quinquenniale supplementum. Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn. BHL Reference page.
Satunin, K.A. 1904. The Black Wild Cat of Transcaucasia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 74(3): 162–163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1904.tb08325.x BHL Reference page.
Bate, D.M.A. 1905. On the Mammals of Crete. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 315–323. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1951. Catalogue of the genus Felis. British Museum (Natural History): London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.128853 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

ICZN 2003. OPINION 2027 (Case 3010). Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 60(1): 81–85. BHL Reference page.
Driscoll, C.A., Menotti-Raymond, M., Roca, A.L., Hupe, K., Johnson, W.E., Geffen, E., Harley, E.H., Delibes, M., Pontier, M., Kitchener, A.C., Yamaguchi, N., O'Brien, S.J. & Macdonald, D.W. 2007. The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication. Science 317(5837): 519–23. DOI: 10.1126/science.1139518 ResearchGate Reference page.
Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. & Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5): 645–651. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006 ResearchGate Reference page.
Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. PDF. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1907. On English Domestic Cats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 143–168. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1907.tb01807.x BHL Reference page.

Links

Felis catus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kat
ak: Agyinamoa
العربية: قط
Boarisch: Hauskotz
Basa Bali: Meong
беларуская: Кот
български: Котка
বাংলা: গৃহপালিত বিড়াল
brezhoneg: Kazh
català: Gat
Cebuano: Iring
ᏣᎳᎩ: ᏪᏌ
словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Котъ
dansk: Huskat
Deutsch: Hauskatze
eʋegbe: Dadi
Ελληνικά: Γάτα
English: Domestic Cat
Esperanto: Kato
español: Gato doméstico
eesti: Kass
euskara: Katu
فارسی: گربه
suomi: Kesykissa
Nordfriisk: Kaat
français: Chat domestique
Gaeilge: Cat
galego: Gato
Hawaiʻi: Pōpoki
עברית: חתול הבית
हिन्दी: बिल्ली
hrvatski: Domaća mačka
magyar: Macska
հայերեն: Կատու
interlingua: Catto
Bahasa Indonesia: Kucing
íslenska: Húsköttur
italiano: Gatto domestico
日本語: ネコ
한국어: 고양이
Ligure: Gatto
latviešu: Mājas kaķis
മലയാളം: പൂച്ച
Malti: Qattus
Mirandés: Gato
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြောင်
Nederlands: Huiskat
norsk: Huskatt
polski: Kot domowy
português: Gato doméstico
română: Pisică domestică
русский: Домашняя кошка
sardu: Gattu
српски / srpski: Мачка
SiSwati: Likati
Sunda: Ucing
svenska: Tamkatt
தமிழ்: பூனை
ไทย: แมว
Tagalog: Pusa
lea faka-Tonga: Pusi
Türkçe: Kedi
українська: Кіт свійський
vèneto: Gato
Tiếng Việt: Mèo
Volapük: Kat
中文: 猫

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