Felis nigripes

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: This species is typically associated with open, sandy, grassy habitats with sparse shrub and tree cover , such as the Kalahari and Karoo regions (Smithers 1971 and 1975, Visser 1977, Mills et al. 1984, Stuart and Wilson 1988, Sliwa 1993).[1]


List of Habitats:2.1Savanna - Dry 4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 8.1Desert - Hot

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Felis

There are approximately 273 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

F. affinis · F. albescens · F. apache · F. atrox · F. attica · F. augustus · F. aurata · F. aurata aurata · F. aurata celidogaster · F. aurata cottoni · F. aztecus browni · F. badia (Bay Cat) · F. bangsi costaricensis · F. bengalensis · F. bengalensis bengalensis · F. bengalensis borneoensis · F. bengalensis chinensis · F. bengalensis euptilura · F. bengalensis hainana (Leopard Cat) · F. bengalensis horsfieldi · F. bengalensis trevelyani · F. bieti (Chinese Mountain Cat) · F. bieti vellerosa · F. cacomitli · F. californica · F. caligata · F. canadensis · F. canescens · F. caracal · F. cattus · F. catus · F. catus domesticus · F. catus silvestris (European Wildcat) · F. chaus (And Cougar) · F. chaus affinis · F. chaus chaus · F. chaus furax · F. chaus kelaarti · F. chaus kutas · F. chaus nilotica · F. chaus prateri · F. chinensis · F. christoli · F. colocola · F. colocolo (Pampas Cat) · F. colocolo pajeros · F. concolor · F. concolor acrocodia · F. concolor araucana · F. concolor araucanus · F. concolor azteca · F. concolor bangsi · F. concolor browni · F. concolor californica · F. concolor concolor (Mountain Lion) · F. concolor coryi (Florida Panther) · F. concolor costaricensis · F. concolor cougar · F. concolor couguar (Eastern Panther) · F. concolor discolor · F. concolor greeni · F. concolor hippolestes · F. concolor improcera · F. concolor incarum · F. concolor kaibabensis · F. concolor linnaeus · F. concolor mayensis · F. concolor missoulensis · F. concolor olympus · F. concolor oregonensis · F. concolor osgoodi · F. concolor patagonica · F. concolor pearsoni · F. concolor puma · F. concolor schorgeri (Wisconsin Cougar) · F. concolor stanleyana · F. concolor vancouverensis · F. couguar · F. crassidens · F. domestica · F. domesticus · F. euptilura · F. felis catus · F. fossata · F. geoffroyi · F. geoffroyi geoffroyi (Geoffroy's Cat) · F. glaucula · F. glaucula oaxacensis · F. glaucula yucatanica · F. gracilis · F. grampia · F. griffithii · F. guigna (Kodkod) · F. guigna guigna (Kodkod) · F. herschelii · F. hillanus · F. hippolestes · F. hippolestes aztecus · F. hippolestes olympus · F. imperialis

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Further Reading

• A hand-book to the Carnivora. by Richard Lydekker. London: Allen, [1894] ENG url p. 155.
• Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 115.
• Atti della Societtaliana di scienze naturali. Milano: 1860-1895. ITA url p. 259.
• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 241, p. 242, p. 750.
• Cat Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by John Anderson, Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Calcutta, 1881-1891. ENG url p. 232.
• Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia in the Museum / by J.E. Gray London, 1869. ENG url p. 29.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 89.
• Catalogue of the Genus Felis / By R.I. Pocock, F.R.S. London, 1951. ENG url p. 135, p. 145, p. 146, p. 147, p. 179, p. 189, p. 190, p. 25, p. 4.
• Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. ENG url p. 302, p. 302.
• Encyclop�die d'histoire naturelle; ou, Trait� complet de cette science d'apr�s les travaux des naturalistes les plus �minents de tous les pays et de toutes les �poques: Buffon, Daubenton, Lac�p�de, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint- Ouvrage r�sumant le Paris: Marescq et compagnie [et] Gustave Havard. .., [1850?-1861?] FRE url p. 186.
• IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 8 October 2002.
• Joubert, E., Mosbach, D. and Wallis, V. 1982. The 1982 distribution patterns and status of some mammals on farms in South West Africa. Unpublished report. Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Windhoek.
• Mills, M.G.L., Nel, J.A.J. and Bothma, J. du P. 1984. Notes on some smaller carnivores from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe Supplement 221-227.
• Natural history essays; by Graham Renshaw London [etc.]Sherratt & Hughes, 1904. ENG url p. 17.
• Naturalist (Morris) London. url p. 206, p. 235.
• Nowell, K. and Jackson, P. (compilers and editors) 1996. Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. (online version)
• Skinner, J.D. and Smithers, R.H.N. 1990. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion, second edition University of Pretoria, Pretoria. South Africa.
• Sliwa, A. 1993. A habitat description and first data on ecology and behaviour of the black-footed cat Felis nigripes in the Kimberley area, South Africa. In: G. Ulbricht and U. Schürer (eds). International studbook for the black-footed cat, 1992. Zoologischer Garten Stadt Wuppertal. pp 8-16
• Smithers, R.H.N. 1971. The mammals of Botswana. Museum Memoir, National Museum of Rhodesia 4:1-340.
• Smithers, R.H.N. 1975. Family Felidae. In: J. Meester and H.W. Setzer (eds). The mammals of Africa: an identification manual. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Part 8.1. pp. 1-10.
• South African mammals.: A short manual for the use of field naturalists, sportsmen and travellers / Alwin Haagner; With numerous illustrations. London: H.F. & G. Witherby; 1920. ENG url p. 75.
• Stuart, C.T. and Wilson, V.J. 1988. The cats of southern Africa. Chipangali Wildlife Trust, Bulawayo.
• The natural history of South Africa by F. W. Fitzsimons. London, Longmans, Green and co., 1919-20. ENG url p. 177.
• Visser, J. 1977. The small cats. African Wildlife 31(1): 26-28.
• Vorster, F. 1988. Vraelysopname van die roofdierverwant kleinveeverliese in die Nuwe-Roggeveld Afdelingsraadgebied van die Kaapprovinsie. [Survey of predator-related small stock losses in the Nuwe-Roggeveld district of the Cape province.] Bontebok 6:26-29 (in Afrikaans).
• W. Christopher Wozencraft: Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
• Zoologischer Anzeiger. Jena, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. GER url p. 102, p. 170, p. 304.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Cat Specialist Group 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478148
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-183800
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13808246
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 183800
• IUCN ID: 8542
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A04W
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5139

Footnotes

1. Cat Specialist Group 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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