Felis margarita

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Felis
Species: Felis margarita
Subspecies: F. m. margarita – F. m. thinobia

Name

Felis margarita Loche, 1858: 49

Type locality: "dans les environs de Négonça (Sahara), dans une localité très-aride"; Algeria.

References

Primary references

Loche, V. 1858. Description d’une nouvelle espèce de Chat. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 2^e Série. 10: 49–50. BHL Reference page. p. 49, pl. II.

Additional references

Hemmer H., Grubb P. & Groves, C.P. 1976. Notes on the Sand Cat, Felis margarita Loche, 1858. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 41: 286–303. BHL 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.

Links

Felis margarita 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.
IUCN: Felis margarita Loche, 1858 (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

العربية: قط الرمال
Boarisch: Såndkotz
беларуская: Барханны кот
български: Пясъчна котка
brezhoneg: Kazh an traezh
čeština: Kočka pouštní
dansk: Sandkat
Deutsch: Sandkatze, Wüstenkatze
English: Sand cat
español: Gato del desierto
suomi: Hietakissa
français: Chat des sables, Chat de Marguerite, Chat du désert, Chat du Général Marguerite
עברית: חתול חולות
hrvatski: Pustinjska mačka
magyar: Homoki macska, margaritamacska
Bahasa Indonesia: Kucing pasir
italiano: Gatto delle sabbie
日本語: スナネコ
lietuvių: Margarita
Nederlands: Woestijnkat
norsk: Sandkatt
polski: Kot arabski
português: Gato-do-deserto
русский: Барханная кошка
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Pustinjska mačka / Пустињска мачка
slovenčina: Mačka púšťová
svenska: Sandkatt
ไทย: แมวทราย, แมวเนินทราย
Türkçe: Benekli kedi
українська: Барханний кіт
中文（简体）: 沙漠猫

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