Prionailurus planiceps (Vigors and Horsfield 1827)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 543

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scientific name	Prionailurus planiceps (Vigors and Horsfield 1827)
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[Felis] planiceps Vigors and Horsfield 1827 , Zool. J., 3: 449.

Type Locality: " Sumatra " [ Indonesia].

Vernacular Names: Flat-headed Cat.

Distribution: Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) listed this taxon as incertae sedis, but placed it with Felis viverrina . Grouped with Prionailurus by Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Kratochvíl (1982 c), Groves (1982 a), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000).