Felis bieti

A. Milne-Edwards, 1892

Chinese Mountain Cat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1892. Observations sur les mammifères du Thibet. Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées 3:670-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139328

Original name as described

Felis Bieti

Other common names

Chinese Desert Cat · Pale Desert Cat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1891-391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1891-391

Type locality

Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005984

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 Bieti

A. Milne-Edwards, 1892

Family

Felidae

Root name

bieti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1891-391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1891-391

Authority page

671

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139328

Authority publication

Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8539/213200674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Felis pallida subpallida

A. Jacobi, 1923

Family

Felidae

Root name

subpallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTD (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte der Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde zu Dresden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis pallida

Büchner, 1892

Family

Felidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 1933

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de St-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis bieti bieti

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Felidae

Root name

bieti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

393

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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