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--> FAMILY Felidae
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GENUS Leptailurus
| Author: | Severtzov, 1858. | | Citation: | Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, (2), 10: 389. | | Type Species: | Felis serval Schreber, 1776, by monotypy. | | Comments: | Placed as a subgenus of Felis by McKenna and Bell (1997). There appears to be little agreement on the relationship of Leptailurus to other cats. Pocock (1917a) placed it with Leopardus; whereas Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) placed with Felis, Lynx, and Caracal. Salles (1992) grouped it with Prionailurus bengalensis, and Johnson and O'Brien (1997) and Mattern and McLennan (2000) with Caracal and Profelis. Severtzov (1858), Groves (1982a), and McKenna and Bell (1997) considered Leptailurus a subgenus of Felis. |
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