Definition of Felis tigrina

1. Noun. Medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat.

Exact synonyms: Tiger Cat
Group relationships: Felis, Genus Felis
Generic synonyms: Wildcat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Felis Tigrina

Felicia amelloides
Felicia bergeriana
Felicity
Felidae
Felis bengalensis
Felis catus
Felis chaus
Felis concolor
Felis domesticus
Felis manul
Felis ocreata
Felis onca
Felis pardalis
Felis serval
Felis silvestris
Felis tigrina (current term)
Felis wiedi
Felis yagouaroundi
Felix Klein
Felix Mendelssohn
Felixstowe
Feliz Lusitania
Felliniesque
Feltre
Felty's syndrome
Fender
Fendt
Feng Shui
Fengtien

Literary usage of Felis tigrina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Felis tigrina. BM Fur rather harsh, dull, grizzled, varied with black spots and rings varying in size ... Felis tigrina, Schreb. t. 100; Buffon, HN xiii. t. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"... four black lines pass from the vertex to the shoulders, and then change into series of long streaks ; tail irregularly annulated. Felis tigrina, Lin. ..."

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