Felis margarita Loche, 1858 . Rev. Mag. ZooL Paris, ser. 2, 10(2):49.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, N. of Ouargla, near Negonca .

DISTRIBUTION: Deserts from S. Morocco; Senegal; Algeria; Niger; Egypt; probably Sinai; S.E. Arabia; N. Iran; Turkestan; Baluchistan.

COMMENT: Includes thinobia; see Corbet, 1978:182. Revised by Hemmer et al., 1976. Z. Saugetierk., 41:286. See also Schauenberg, 1974, Rev. Suisse ZooL, 81:949-969 for geographic variation, distribution, systematics and ecology. F. marginata is a lapsus; see Gray, 1867, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1867:275.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001017001.