Prionailurus rubiginosus
(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)
Rusty-spotted 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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
<i>In</i>Bélanger (ed.), Voy. Indes Orient., Mamm., 3(Zoologie), 140
Original name as described
Felis rubiginosa
Type material
MNHN-ZM-AC-A1791
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a1791Type locality
Pondicherry, India.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India · Sri Lanka · Nepal
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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