Definition of Felis. Meaning of Felis. Synonyms of Felis

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Definition of Felis

Felis
Felis Fe"lis, n. [L., cat.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals.

Meaning of Felis from wikipedia

- years ago. The generic name Felis is derived from classical Latin fēlis meaning 'cat, ferret'. Carl Linnaeus considered Felis to comprise all cat species...
- glaring, or a colony. The scientific name Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. Felis catus domesticus was proposed by Johann...
- including: Felis ocreata by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1791 was based on a description of a wildcat encountered in northern Ethiopia by James Bruce. Felis cafra...
- "allied cat" (Felis affinis) by John Edward Gray in 1830. Two years later, Johann Friedrich von Brandt proposed a new species under the name Felis rüppelii...
- Look up Felis or felis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Felis may refer to: Felis, a genus of cats in the family Felidae, including the domestic cat...
- including: Felis silvestris caucasica proposed by Konstantin Satunin in 1905 was a skin of a female cat collected near Borjomi in Georgia. Felis grampia...
- and in the folklore of European-descended inhabitants of the Americas. Felis rufa was the scientific name proposed by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber...
- Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther. pp. 413–414. Temminck, C. J. (1827). "Félis doré Felis aurata". Monographies de Mammalogie. Paris: G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne...
- were described: Felis constantina proposed by Georg Forster in 1780 was a specimen from the vicinity of Constantine, Algeria. Felis servalina proposed...
- considered it a species, but subordinated it to the genus Felis using the scientific name Felis thinobius. Later he considered it a sand cat subspecies...