Catopuma badia

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Bay Cat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Catopuma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1874-10. Description of a new species of cat (_Felis badia_) from Sarawak. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874(3):322-325.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502463

Original name as described

Felis badia

Other common names

Bornean Bay Cat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1856.9.19.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e49b9e88-9e37-4d84-ac1f-a70b8bdaf358

Type locality

Sarawak, Borneo [Malaysia].

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

moved from Catopuma to Pardofelis, then back to Catopuma based on genetic divergence and morphology

Taxonomy notes citation

Johnson W. E., Eizirik E., Pecon-Slattery J., Murphy W. J., Antunes A., Teeling E. & O'Brien S. J. 2006. The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment. Science 311, 73-77. · Li G., Davis B. W., Eizirik E. & Murphy W. J. 2016. Phylogenomic evidence for ancient hybridization in the genomes of living cats (Felidae). Genome Research 26, 1-11.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005982

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis badia

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Family

Felidae

Root name

badia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.9.19.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e49b9e88-9e37-4d84-ac1f-a70b8bdaf358

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502463

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1885:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58783)
  2. Davis (1962:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Pardofelis badia

(Pocock, 1917)

Family

Felidae

Root name

badia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611357

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Pocock (1917:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69453)

Badiofelis badia

(Pocock, 1932)

Family

Felidae

Root name

badia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

749

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Pocock (1932:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14064)

Catopuma badia

Wozencraft, 1993

Family

Felidae

Root name

badia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

289

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (1993:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4037/112910221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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