Otocolobus manul

(Pallas, 1776)

Pallas's Cat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Volume 3. Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 760pp.

Authority publication link

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973350/f715.item

Original name as described

Felis manul

Other common names

Manul · Steppe Cat

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

S of Lake Baikal, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Armenia? · Azerbaijan? · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan? · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan? · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Russia · Mongolia · China · India · Nepal · Bhutan

Taxonomy notes

moved from Felis to Otocolobus

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006010

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 nigripectus

(Hodgson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigripectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.209, BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.112, BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.24.68

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39999999

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Felis manul

(Pallas, 1776)

Family

Felidae

Root name

manul

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

692

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973350/f715.item

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1827:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Otocolobus manul ferrugineus

Ognev, 1928

Family

Felidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 15065, ZIN S. 28013

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Trichaelurus manul mongolica

(Satunin, 1905)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mongolicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6177

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

501

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Felis manul satuni

(Lydekker, 1907)

Family

Felidae

Root name

satuni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZIN S. 6177

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068359

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Lynchailurus pajeros hyperthrix

(Schwangart, 1941)

Family

Felidae

Root name

hyperthrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMH 38537

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Felis manul ferruginea

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Felis manul manul

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

manul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Felis manul nigripecta

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigripecta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Octocolobus manul

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Felidae

Root name

manul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

529

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Otocolobus manul

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

manul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15640/180145377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Otocolobus manul manul

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

manul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Otocolobus manul nigripectus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigripectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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