Felis chaus Schreber 1777

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 : 535

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Felis chaus Schreber 1777
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Felis chaus Schreber 1777

Felis chaus Schreber 1777 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 2, 13: pl. 110. B [1777]; see also text, 3 (24): 414 [1777].

Type Locality: "wohnt in den sumpfigen mit Schilf bewachsenen oder bewaldeten Gegenden der Steppen um das kaspische Meer, und die in selbiges fallenden Flüse. Auf der Nordseite des Terekflusses und der Festung Kislar... desto Hünfiger aber bey der Mündung der Kur...". Listed in Honacki et al. (1982) as " U.S. S. R., Dagestan, Terek River, N. of the Caucasus".

Vernacular Names: Jungle Cat.

Synonyms: Felis chaus Güldenstädt 1776 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. chaus Schreber 1777

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. affinis Gray 1830

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. fulvidina Thomas 1929

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. furax de Winton 1898

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. kelaarti Pocock 1939

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. kutas Pearson 1832

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. maimanah Zukowsky 1915

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. nilotica de Winton 1898

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. oxiana Heptner 1969

Subspecies Felis chaus subsp. prateri Pocock 1939

Distribution: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: F. chaus Güldenstädt, 1776, is invalid (J. A. Allen, 1920). Subspecies allocated according to Pocock (1951) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Felidae

Genus

Felis

Loc

Felis chaus Schreber 1777

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Felis chaus

Schreber 1777: pl. 110. B [1777]; see also text, 3 (24): 414 [1777]
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