Felis obscura Desmarest, 1821

(Fig. 61)

Felis obscura Desmarest, 1821: 230 .

COMMON NAME. — Wildcat.

CURRENT NAME. — Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 .

See Wozencraft (2005: 536), and Sunquist & Sunquist (2009: 167).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-324 (Fig. 61), holotype, skin mount .

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 149.

COMMENTS. — Lived one year at the Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.