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Neofelis (clouded leopard)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Neofelis was named by Gray (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Felidae by Cope (1880) and Palmer (1904); to Felinae by Johnson et al. (2006); and to Pantherinae by Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Neofelis Gray
1880Neofelis Cope p. 852
1904Neofelis Palmer p. 828
2006Neofelis Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Neofelis Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Sarcopterygii
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda()
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Batrachosauria()
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Synapsida()
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassTribosphenida()
infraclassEutheria()
—Placentalia
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyAeluroideaFlower 1869
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusNeofelisGray 1867

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available