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Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis (Lynx) bengalensis was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Felis bengalensis by Mivart (1882), Allen (1895), Stone and Rehn (1902); it was recombined as Prionailurus bengalensis by Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Felis (Lynx) bengalensis Kerr
1882Felis bengalensis Mivart p. 142
1895Felis bengalensis Allen p. 188
1902Felis bengalensis Stone and Rehn p. 136
2006Prionailurus bengalensis Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Prionailurus bengalensis Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusPrionailurusSevertzov 1858
speciesbengalensis(Kerr 1792)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr 1792 [leopard cat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available