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*’felis’ is a ‘genus’ of small/medium-sized cat felinae species native to most of africa and south of 60° latitude in ‘europe and Asia to ‘indo-china’*
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(the genus includes the ‘domestic cat’)
The smallest Felis species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from 38 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in).
(the largest is the jungle cat with a head and body length from 62 to 76 cm (24 to 30 in))
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Genetic studies indicate that Felis, Otocolobus and Prionailurus diverged from a Eurasian progenitor about 6.2 million years ago, and that Felis species split off 3.04 to 0.99 million years ago.
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