Felis

| image = Felis_collage.png | image_upright = 1.2 | image_caption = The six wild ''Felis'' species; from top-left, clockwise: European wildcat (''F. silvestris''), jungle cat (''F. chaus''), African wildcat (''F. lybica''), black-footed cat (''F. nigripes''), sand cat (''F. margarita''), Chinese mountain cat (''F. bieti'') | taxon = Felis | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | type_species = ''Felis catus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See | range_map = Felis range.png | range_map_caption = Native ''Felis'' range }} ''Felis'' is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat. The smallest of the seven ''Felis'' species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from . The largest is the jungle cat with a head and body length from .

Genetic studies indicate that the Felinae genera ''Felis'', ''Otocolobus'' and ''Prionailurus'' diverged from a Eurasian progenitor of the Felidae about 6.2 million years ago, and that ''Felis'' species split off 3.04 to 0.99 million years ago. Provided by Wikipedia