Felis bieti Milne-Edwards 1892

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 : 534

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Type Locality: "Batang Tatsien-Lou", restricted by Pousargues (1898:358) to "environ de Tongolo et de Ta-tsien-lou" [ China, Sichuan].

Vernacular Names: Chinese Mountain Cat.

Synonyms: Felis pallida Büchner 1892 ; Felis subpallida Jacobi 1923 .

Distribution: China (E Qinghai and N Sichuan; see He et al., 2004).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Haltenorth (1953) suggested chutuchta and vellerosa belonged in silvestris (followed here). F. bieti , margarita , nigripes , and chaus are considered closely related by Hemmer (1978), Collier and O'Brien (1985), Salles (1992), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999).