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SPECIES Felis nigripes

Author:Burchell, 1824.
Citation:Travels Interior of Southern Africa, 2: 592.
Common Name:Black-footed Cat
Type Locality:Burchell (1824:509) implied the country of the "Bachapins", presumably in the capital, "the town of Litákun (Letárkoon)...27°6'44". [S]...24°39'27"[E]" [South Africa].
Distribution:Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Král and Zima (1980) noted a distinctly different karotype from other Felis. McKenna and Bell (1997) placed in Felis (Microfelis).
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SUBSPECIES nigripes

SUBSPECIES thomasi

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