Felis chaus Guldenstaedt, 1776 . Nova Comm. Acad. Sei. Petrop., 20:483.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Dagestan, Terek River, N. of the Caucasus .

DISTRIBUTION: Egypt to the Volga delta, east to Sinkiang, Tibet, Szechwan, Yunnan (China), and through India to Thailand and Vietnam; Sri Lanka.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001007001.