Felidae the Felidae, grouped according to the traditional phenotypical classification with the corresponding genotypical lineages indicated. It includes all of the currently living cat species. There is considerable variation in the taxonomy used for the wildcat. It used to be regarded as "Felis silvestris" with distinct subspecies "F. s. silvestris", "F. s. lybica" and "F. s. ornata" in Europe, Africa and Asia respectively. Since 2017, the IUCN Cat Specialist Group recognises "silvestris" and "lybica" as distinct species. The phylogenetic relationships of extant felids are shown in the following cladogram, based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Johnson et al. (2006). The
Animal name changes in Turkey to imply that Armenians and Kurds resided in the areas where the animals lived. However, only the Latin or scientific names of the animals were changed. Andrew Polaszek, the executive secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, the organization responsible for establishing species naming conventions, has said in an interview that the revised names are scientifically acceptable; however, their acceptance depends upon article publications in scientific journals. These changes currently affect only official taxonomic nomenclature usage by the Turkish Government. Animal name changes in Turkey The animal name changes in Turkey is the revision of taxonomic nomenclature of three