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

Living
Found in the wild

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.

Original name as described

Felis javanensis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-326

Type kind

holotype

Type 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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