| 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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