Taxonomy & Evolution

Class: Mammalia

Family: Felidae

Genus: Felis

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Carnivora

Phylum: Chordata

Species: Felis nigripes Burchell

Subfamily: Felinae Fischer de Waldheim  

Genus: Felis Linnaeus  

Direct Children:  

Subspecies: Felis nigripes nigripes Burchell  

Subspecies: Felis nigripes thomasi Shortridge