Prionailurus javanensis
(A. G. Desmarest, 1816)
Sunda Leopard Cat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Feloidea |
Family | : Felidae |
Subfamily | : Felinae |
Genus | : Prionailurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Desmarest, A.G. 1816. CHAT, Felis. Pp. 73–139 in Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome VI. Deterville, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 570 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18033982Original name as described
Felis javanensis
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-326
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-326Type locality
Java.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei · Philippines
Taxonomy notes
split from P. bengalensis
Taxonomy notes citation
Patel, R. P., Wutke, S., Lenz, D., Mukherjee, S., Ramakrishnan, U., Veron, G., ... & Förster, D. W. (2017). Genetic structure and phylogeography of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) inferred from mitochondrial genomes. Journal of Heredity, 108(4), 349-360. · Kitchener, A. C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, C., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., & Yamaguchi, N. (2017). A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group. Cat News.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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