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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1831-03-19. Mammifères. Pp. 1–160 in Bélanger, C. 1835. Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le Nord de l'Europe, les Provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Arménie et la Perse, suivi de Détails topographiques, statistiques et autres sur le Pégou, les Iles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap de Bonne-Espérance et Sainte-Hélène, pendant les Années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Zoologie. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 535 pp.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435028294999

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-a1791

Type locality

Pondicherry, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Nepal

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006015

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis rubiginosa

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A1791

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a1791

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  2. Lesson (1842:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Blyth (1848:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40129680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67633)
  4. Kelaart (1852:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  5. Jerdon (1867:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  6. Trouessart (1885:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58783)
  7. Phillips (1925:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67769)
  8. Phillips (1929:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  9. Pilgrim (1932:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/28007)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Viverriceps rubiginosa

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533709

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1867:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37913)
  2. Gray (1869:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Prionailurus rubiginosus

Pocock, 1917

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611357

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Pocock (1917:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69453)
  2. Wozencraft (1993:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18149/50662471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi

Pocock, 1939

Family

Felidae

Root name

phillipsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.4.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/09a2f13a-2b85-4e31-b319-a85a3c2f3f4b

Authority page

278

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pionailurus rubiginosus koladivius

Deraniyagala, 1956

Family

Felidae

Root name

koladivius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CNM 384

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Deraniyagala (1956:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66619)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Pionailurus rubiginosus

Deraniyagala, 1956

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

Deraniyagala (1956:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66619)

Felis rubiginosus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Prionailurus rubiginosus rubiginosus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Prionailurus rubiginosus koladivinus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

koladivinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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