International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 8 8 2019 08 10 Phylogenetic relationships in the family Felidae in reference to the hybridisation of the Scottish Wildcat, Felis sylvestris grampia with the Domestic cat, Felis catus 8 13 EN S. Ramya 1 Department of Botany, Queen Mary′s College, Chennai-600 004, India N. PadmaPriya 2 Department of Botany, Queen Mary′s College, Chennai-600 004, India R. Sheela 3 Department of Botany, Queen Mary′s College, Chennai-600 004, India T.V. Poonghuzali 4 Department of Botany, Queen Mary′s College, Chennai-600 004, India T.M. Simon 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Chester, UK > Research Paper 2019 2 4 2019 08 10 Understanding the evolutionary history and relationships among group or individual animal species is important in making conservation decisions for populations. This study essentially sought to assess the relationship between species in the Felis family using mtDNA from hair and with reference to the hybridization of the Scottish wildcat, Felis sylvestris grampia with the domestic cat, Felis catus. Two reference species, Felis chaus and Felis margarita and one outgroup, Panthera onca were used. The results of the analysis shows a relationship exists between the cat species and that the study of phylogeny could be useful in understanding the distribution and recognition of species. Copyright@ International Science Community Association