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. Dritter Theil. Vom Jahr 1772. und 1773. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 760 pp.

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

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/10.1080/09397140.2020.1865663

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

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