Felis nigripes Burchell 1824

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 536

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Felis nigripes Burchell 1824 , Travels in Interior of Southern Africa, Vol. 2: 592.

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].

Vernacular Names: Black-footed Cat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Felis nigripes subsp. nigripes Burchell 1824

Subspecies Felis nigripes subsp. thomasi Shortridge 1931

Distribution: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Král and Zima (1980) noted a distinctly different karotype from other Felis . McKenna and Bell (1997) placed in Felis (Microfelis) .