Felis chaus Schreber 1777
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11343616 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9397A5EA-EFE8-0325-FFA5-39D3CAEA7528 |
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Felis chaus Schreber 1777 |
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Felis chaus Schreber 1777 View in CoL
Felis chaus Schreber 1777 View in CoL , 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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