Felis

See also: felis and Félis

Translingual

Felis silvestris

Etymology

From Latin fēlis (“cat”).

Pronunciation

• English: IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lɪs/

Proper noun

Felis f

2. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – small cats.

Usage notes

• At one time or another almost all species of the family Felidae, especially in the subfamily Felinae, have been placed in genus Felis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia – suborder; Felidae – family; Felinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Felis silvestris (wild cat) – type species; Felis catus (domestic cat), Felis chaus (jungle cat), Felis margarita (sand cat), Felis nigripes (black-footed cat) – species
  • Felis silvestris catus (domestic cat) – selected subspecies

Derived terms

• Felis aurata (syn. of Profelis aurata, African golden cat)
• Felis bengalis (syn. of Prionailurus bengalensis, leopard cat)
• Felis canadensis (syn. of Lynx canadensis, Canada lynx)
• Felis caracal (syn, of Caracal caracal, caracal)
• Felis colocolo (syn. of Leopardus colocolo, colocolo)
• Felis concolor (syn. of Puma concolor, puma)
• Felis geoffroyi (syn. of Leopardus geoffroyi, Geoffroy's cat)
• Felis guigna (syn. of Leoprdus guigna, kodkod)
• Felis iriomotensis (syn. of Prionailurus iriomotensis, Iriomote cat)
• Felis jacobita (syn. of Leopardus jacobita, Andean mountain cat)
• Felis lynx (syn. of Lynx lynx, Eurasian lynx)
• Felis manul (syn. of Otocolobus manul, Pallas's cat)
• Felis pardalis (syn. of Leopardus pardalis, ocelot)
• Felis pardina (syn. of Lynx pardinus, Spanish lynx)
• Felis planiceps (syn. of Prionailurus planiceps, flat-headed cat)
• Felis rufus (syn. of Lynx rufus, bobcat)
• Felis serval (syn. of Leptailurus serval, serval)
• Felis temminckii (syn. of Catopuma temminckii, Asiatic golden cat)
• Felis tigrinus (syn. of Leopardus tigrinus, little spotted cat)
• Felis uncia (syn. of Panthera uncia, snow leopard)
• Felis viverrinus (syn. of Prionailurus viverrinus, fishing cat)
• Felis wiedii (syn. of Leopardus wiedii, margay)
• Pardofelis (marbled cat)
• Profelis

Further reading

• Felis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Felis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Felis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

1. For sense 1: Derived from Classical Latin fēlis (“cat”), coined by French astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1799.
2. For sense 2: Inherited from Latin Felis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfeː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.lis]

Proper noun

Fēlis f sg (genitive Fēlis); third declension

2. (New Latin, astronomy) Former constellation between Antlia and Hydra.
4. (Contemporary Latin, astronomy) The star HIP 48615 in the constellation Hydra.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fēlis
genitive	Fēlis
dative	Fēlī
accusative	Fēlem
ablative	Fēle
vocative	Fēlis