"Rickettsia azadi" Higgins et al. in Radulovic et al. 1995;
"Rickettsia felis" Higgins et al. 1996;
Rickettsia felis Bouyer (ex Higgins et al. 1996) Bouyer et al. 2001;
Rickettsia felis Bouyer et al. 2001 emend. La Scola et al. 2002
type material:
CNCM I-2363;
URRWFXCal2;
strain California 2;
strain Marseille-URRWFXCal2