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Definition of Caffer cat
1. Noun. Widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor.
Group relationships: Felis, Genus Felis
Generic synonyms: Wildcat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caffer Cat
Literary usage of Caffer cat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1907)
"In all Domestic Cats it resembles in shape the same tooth in the Wild African or
caffer cat (Plate I., fig. 7), being broad and low as compared with that of ..."
2. The Student's Handbook of Historical Geology by Alfred John Jukes-Browne (1886)
"... but are accompanied by the following additional species :— Felis lynx (Lynx).
Cervus tarandus (Reindeer). ,, caffer (caffer cat). ming). ..."
3. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"caffer cat. Hab. Africa and Western Asia. а, 6. Presented by HEH the Prince of
Wales, Jan. 12, 1863. From Syria. f, d. Young. Presented by Lord Ruthven, ..."
4. Class-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"Among the animals distinctively of more southern type mention may be made of the
lion, hyaena, hippopotamus, lynx, leopard, caffer cat; while among the ..."
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