Prionailurus bengalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Prionailurus
Species: Prionailurus bengalensis
Subspecies (2): P. b. bengalensis – P. b. euptilurus

[source: Kitchener et al. (2017)]

Name

Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: “Bengal”, India.

Remarks: P. javanensis separated from P. bengalensis as a species by Kitchener et al. (2017).

Combinations

Felis bengalensis Kerr, 1792: 151 [original combination]

Synonyms

Felis euptailura Elliot, 1871: 761 [valid as P. b. euptilurus]
Felis microgale Dubois, 1908: 1267 [for fossils; synonymized by Brongersma, 1935: 7]
Mayailurus iriomotensis Imaizumi, 1967: 75 [synonym of P. b. euptilurus]

References

Primary references

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia: Containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young, being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae as lately published with great mprovements by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen together with numerous additions from more recent zoological writers and illustrated with copper plates. Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh. BHL
Elliot, D.G. 1871. Remarks on various Species of Felidæ, with a Description of a Species from North-Western Siberia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 758–761.
Dubois, E. 1908. Das geologische Alter der Kendeng- oder Trinil-Fauna. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, ser. 2, 25: 1235–1270. Delpher Reference page.
Brongersma, L.D. 1935. Notes on some recent and fossil cats, chiefly from the Malay Archipelago. Zoologische Mededelingen 18(1): 1–89, pl. I–XI. Introduction. PDF. Reference page.
Imaizumi, Y. 1967. A new genus and species of cat from Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 3(4):75–108. DOI: 10.11238/jmammsocjapan1952.3.75

Additional references

Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. PDF. Reference page.

Links

Prionailurus bengalensis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Ross, J., Brodie, J., Cheyne, S., Hearn, A., Izawa, M., Loken, B., Lynam, A., McCarthy, J., Mukherjee, S., Phan, C., Rasphone, A. & Wilting, A. 2015. IUCN: Prionailurus bengalensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T18146A50661611. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18146A50661611.en

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: লতাফুটুকী
български: Леопардова котка
বাংলা: চিতা বিড়াল
čeština: Kočka bengálská
Deutsch: Bengalkatze, Leopardkatze
Ελληνικά: Λεοπαρδογαλή
English: Leopard cat, mainland leopard cat
español: Gato de Bengala
français: Chat léopard du Bengale
ગુજરાતી: ચક્તાવાળી બિલાડી,વાઘ બિલાડી
hrvatski: Leopard mačka
magyar: Leopárdmacska, bengáli törpemacska
italiano: Gatto leopardo
日本語: ベンガルヤマネコ
ភាសាខ្មែរ: ឆ្មាដាវ
한국어: 살쾡이
Bahasa Melayu: Kucing Batu
Nederlands: Bengaalse tijgerkat
norsk: Leopardkatt
polski: Kot bengalski
português: Gato-leopardo
русский: Бенгальская кошка
Sunda: Méong Congkok
svenska: Leopardkatt
தமிழ்: சிறுத்தைப் பூனை
ไทย: แมวดาว
Türkçe: Pars kedisi
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: 石虎
中文: 豹貓

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