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