Caracal aurata

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Caracal
Species: Caracal aurata
Subspecies: C. a. aurata – C. a. celidogaster

Taxonavigation: Feloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Name

Caracal aurata (Temminck, 1827): 120 ["Felis aurata"]

Synonymy

Felis aurata Temminck, 1827: 120 [protonym]
Felis celidogaster Temminck, 1827: 140
Felis chrysothrix Temminck, 1827: 251
Felis chrysothrix cottoni Lydekker, 1906: 992 [syn. Pocock, 1907: 656]
Felis neglecta Gray, 1838: 27
Felis rutilus Waterhouse, 1842: 130
Profelis aurata
Profelis aurata cottoni
Profelis celidogaster

References

Primary references

Temminck, C.J. 1827. Monographies de mammalogie, ou Description de quelques genres de mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Vol. I. Paris: G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne. hdl: 2027/chi.57128935 Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1838. On some new Species of Quadupeds and Shells. Annals of Natural History 1: 27–30. BHL Reference page.
Lydekker, R. 1906. Descriptions of Two Mammals from the Ituri Forest. [With a Supplementary Note on the Buffalo of the Semliki District.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 992–996. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1907. Notes upon some African Species of the Genus Felis, based upon specimens recently exhibited in the Society's Gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 656–677. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1907.tb06950.x BHL Reference page.
Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. PDF. Reference page.

Links

Profelis aurata in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Caracal aurata (Temminck, 1827) (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

беларуская: Залатая котка
български: Златна котка
brezhoneg: Kazh Alaouret Afrika
čeština: Kočka zlatá
dansk: Afrikansk guldkat
Deutsch: Afrikanische Goldkatze
English: African Golden Cat
Esperanto: Afrika ora kato
español: Gato dorado africano
suomi: Afrikankultakissa
français: Chat doré africain
hrvatski: Afrička zlatna mačka
italiano: gatto dorato africano
日本語: アフリカゴールデンキャット
Nederlands: Afrikaanse goudkat
norsk: Afrikagullkatt
polski: złotokot afrykański, kot złoty, afrykański kot złocisty
português: Gato-dourado-africano
русский: Золотая кошка
svenska: Afrikansk guldkatt
ไทย: เสือไฟแอฟริกา, แมวสีทองแอฟริกา
Türkçe: Afrika altın kedisi
中文: 非洲金貓