MSW Scientific Names

Otocolobus manul



• Author........ : (Pallas, 1776).
  
• Citation...... : Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 3:692.
  
• Common Name... : Pallas's Cat
  
• Original Name. : Felis manul Pallas, 1776ref.
  
• Distribution.. :Steppe and semidesert from Caspian Sea to Kashmir, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, and C China, north to Inner Mongolia and east to Hopei.
  
• Type Locality. :"Frequens in rupestribus, apricis totius Tatariae Mongoliaeque desertae". Listed in Honacki et al. (1982ref) as "U.S.S.R., S.W. Transbaikalia, Buryat. Mongolsk. A.S.S.R.;S. of Lake Baikal, Kulusutai".
  
• Comments...... : Revised by Pocock (1907ref), Birula (1913ref, 1916ref), Ognev (1935ref), and Schwangart (1936ref).
  
• Status........ : CITES - Appendix II.