Caracal aurata

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

Felis aurata

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

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

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