Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833:68.

TYPE LOCALITY: "from the continent of India " .

DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Burma, S China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: bennettii Gray, 1867; himalayanus Jardine, 1834; rizophoreus Sody, 1936; viverriceps Hodgson, 1836.

COMMENTS: Placed in Prionailurus by Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Kratochvfl (1982c), and Groves (1982a).