Black-footed cat

Black-footed cat
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Felis
Species:	F. nigripes
Binomial name
	Felis nigripes;

The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) is the smallest African cat. It is endemic to the southwestern dry zone of Southern Africa.^[2] It is listed as 'vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List.

Characteristics

Males when measured from head-to-body are 36.7 to 43.3 cm (14.4 to 17.0 in) with 16.4 to 19.8 cm (6.5 in to 7.8 in) tails. Females at head-to-body measure max 36.9 cm (14.5 in) and tails measure 12.6 to 17.0 cm (5.0 to 6.7 in).^[3]

References

↑ Sliwa, A.; Wilson, B.; Küsters, M.; Tordiffe, A. (2016). "Felis nigripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T8542A50652196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T8542A50652196.en.
↑ Sliwa A. 2004. Home range size and social organization of black-footed cats (Felis nigripes). Mammalian Biology 69 (2): 96–107.
↑ Poduschka, Walter (April 1985). "The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion H.N. Reay Smithers University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa 1983, R100". Oryx. 19 (2): 122–123. doi:10.1017/s0030605300019888. ISSN 0030-6053. S2CID 85159214.

[IUCN-1] Sliwa, A.; Wilson, B.; Küsters, M.; Tordiffe, A. (2016). "Felis nigripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T8542A50652196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T8542A50652196.en.

[2] Sliwa A. 2004. Home range size and social organization of black-footed cats (Felis nigripes). Mammalian Biology 69 (2): 96–107.

[3] Poduschka, Walter (April 1985). "The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion H.N. Reay Smithers University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa 1983, R100". Oryx. 19 (2): 122–123. doi:10.1017/s0030605300019888. ISSN 0030-6053. S2CID 85159214.

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