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Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat)

Mammalia - 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) and Stone and Rehn (1902); it was recombined as Prionailurus bengalensis by Johnson et al. (2006) and 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
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Pleistocene or 0.78100 to 0.12600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.126 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Prionailurus bengalensis (93521)