Otocolobus Brandt, 1842 . Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 9:col. 38.

TYPE SPECIES: Felis manul Pallas, 1776, by original designation.

SYNONYMS: Trichaelurus Satunin, 1905 .

COMMENTS: Palmer (1904:487) and Allen (1938) believed that Otocolobus Severtzov, 1858, was a junior homonym of Otocolobus Brandt, 1844, a subgenus of Sciuridae, and suggested using Trichaelurus Satunin, 1905 . Brandt apparently reassigned the generic name in 1844 after his initial use for a felid in 1842.