Mammals and their associated lice
Mammal taxonomy from Wilson and Reeder, 1992
Common names, and phylogenetic sequence from Wilson and Cole, 2000
Chewing Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C Dalgleish
Anoplura taxonomy (in red) from Durden and Musser, 1994
conventions:
Host probably extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Carnivora - Carnivores
Felidae - Cats
Genera of lice known from the family:
Felicola [Ischnocera: Trichodectidae]
Acinonychinae
Acinonyx
- Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) - Cheetah
Felinae
Caracal
- Caracal caracal (Schreber, 1776) - Caracal
Catopuma - Golden Cats
- Catopuma badia (Gray, 1874) - Bay Cat
- Catopuma temminckii (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) - Asiatic Golden cat
Felis Small Cats
- Felis bieti Milne-Edwards, 1892 - Chinese Desert cat
- Felis chaus Schreber, 1777 - Jungle cat
- Felis margarita Loche, 1858 - Sand Cat
- Felis nigripes Burchell, 1824 - Black-footed cat
- Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 - Wild Cat;
Felicola caffra (Bedford, 1919) *
Felicola hercynianus Kéler, 1957 *
Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister, 1838) *
Herpailurus
- Herpailurus yaguarondi (Lacépède, 1809) - Jaguarondi
Felicola similis Emerson and Price, 1983 *
Leopardus Spotted Cats
- Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ocelot
Felicola felis (Werneck, 1934) *
- Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) - Little spotted cat
Felicola sudamericanus Emerson and Price, 1983 *
- Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821) - Margay
Leptailurus
- Leptailurus serval (Schreber, 1776) - Serval
Lynx - Lynxes
- Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792 - Canadian lynx
Felicola spenceri Hopkins, 1960 *
- Lynx canadensis Kerr - Canadian lynx
- Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian Lynx
Felicola spenceri Hopkins, 1960 *
- Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827) - Spanish Lynx
Felicola isidoroi Perez and Palma, 2001 *
- Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777) - Bobcat
Felicola americanus Emerson and Price, 1983 *
Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister, 1838)
Oncifelis - South American Cats
- Oncifelis colocolo (Molina, 1782) - Pampas cat
Felicola brasiliensis Emerson and Price, 1983 *
Felicola felis (Werneck, 1934)
- Oncifelis geoffroyi (d´Orbigny and Gervais, 1844) - Geoffroy´s cat
Felicola neofelis Emerson and Price, 1983 *
- Oncifelis guigna (Molina, 1782) - Kodkod
Oreailurus
- Oreailurus jacobita (Cornalia, 1865) - Andean Cat
Otocolobus
- Otocolobus manul (Pallas, 1776) - Pallas´ Cat
Prionailurus - Asian Cats
- Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792) - Leopard Cat
Felicola siamensis Emerson, 1964 *
Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister, 1838)
- Prionailurus planiceps (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) - Flat-headed Cat
- Prionailurus rubiginosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831) - Rusty-spotted Cat
- Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833) - Fishing Cat
Profelis
- Profelis aurata (Temminck, 1827) - African Golden Cat
- Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) - Puma, Mountain Lion, Cougar
Felicola felis (Werneck, 1934)
Pantherinae
Neofelis
- Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) - Clouded Leopard
Panthera - Big Cats
- Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lion
- Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Jaguar
Felicola oncae Timm and Price, 1994 *
Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister, 1838)
- Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Leopard
- Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tiger
Pardofelis
- Pardofelis marmorata (Martin, 1837) - Marbled Cat
Uncia
- Uncia uncia (Schreber, 1775) - Snow leopard
Last revised:
15 November, 2003
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