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
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Dritter Theil. Vom Jahr 1772. und 1773. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 760 pp.
Authority publication link
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973350/f715.itemOriginal 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
Distribution notes
recently re-discovered in Armenia
Distribution references
Khorozyan, I., Ananian ,Vasil, & and Malkhasyan, A. (2021). No longer regionally extinct: A review of Pallas’s Cat Otocolobus manul records from the Caucasus with a new record from Armenia (Mammalia: Felidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 67(1), 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2020.1865663Taxonomy 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
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