MSW Scientific Names

Prionailurus bengalensis



• Author........ : (Kerr, 1792).
  
• Citation...... : In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:151.
  
• Common Name... : Leopard Cat
  
• Original Name. : Felis bengalensis Kerr, 1792ref.
  
• Distribution.. :Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan (Tsushima and Iriomote Isls), Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippine Isls, Taiwan, Thailand, republics of the former USSR, and Vietnam.
  
• Type Locality. :"Bengal" [India].
  
• Comments...... : Placed in Prionailurus by Pocock (1917ref), Weigel (1961ref), Hemmer (1978ref), Groves (1982ref), and Kratochvíl (1982ref). Includes euptilura following Allen (1939ref) and Gao (in Gao, 1987ref). Hep ...[more]...
  
• Status........ : CITES - Appendix I as Felis bengalensis bengalensis (except for Chinese population); otherwise Appendix II. U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered as F. iriomotensis.