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 locality

Pondicherry, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Nepal

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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