The genus IS Felis. The whole classification is: Kingdom - Animalia; Phylum - Chordata; Class - Mammalia; Order - Carnivora; Suborder - Feliformia; Family - Felidae; Subfamily - Felinae; Genus
with Felis sylvestris catus being the consensus, but with some usage (archaic, I think) of Felis domesticatus or Felis domesticus catus, and Felis catus ('catus' being italicized). [SEE LINK: > re: where, why, and why not domesticated animals should have that status explicit in the scientific nomenclature of a species. Do multi-generation feral cats lose the nomenclature for being a domesticated species, for example?] The link concludes: "*ANY* designation of a domesticated species is theoretically incorrect..."
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