Prionailurus viverrinus

(E. T. Bennett, 1833)

Fishing 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

Bennett, E.T. 1833-09-20. Specimens were exhibited of various Mammalia, Birds, and Reptiles, from the continent of India, which had heen recently presented: to the Society by Thomas Heath, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833:68-69.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859508

Original name as described

Felis viverrinus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f661f3d-bd04-41b6-a679-81b2f82cf0f5

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Cambodia · India · Myanmar · Nepal · Pakistan · Sri Lanka · Thailand · Vietnam? · Indonesia?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006016

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 viverrinus

(E. T. Bennett, 1833)

Family

Felidae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f661f3d-bd04-41b6-a679-81b2f82cf0f5

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859508

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  3. Kelaart (1890:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Viverriceps bennettii

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Felidae

Root name

bennettii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f661f3d-bd04-41b6-a679-81b2f82cf0f5

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533708

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Prionailurus viverrinus rhizophoreus

Sody, 1936

Family

Felidae

Root name

rhizophoreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33859.a, RMNH.MAM.33859.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33859.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33859.b

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Leopardus viverrinus

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Felidae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)

Felis viverrina

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Felidae

Root name

viverrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Prionailurus viverrinus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18150/221434864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Prionailurus viverrinus rizophoreus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

rizophoreus

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)

Prionailurus viverrinus viverrinus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

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

Felis himalayanus

(Jardine, 1834)

Family

Felidae

Root name

himalayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18063064

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis viverriceps

(Hodgson, 1836)

Family

Felidae

Root name

viverriceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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