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SPECIES Felis manul
Author: | Pallas, 1776. | Citation: | Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, 3: 692. | Common Name: | Pallas' Cat | Type Locality: | "Frequens in rupestribus, apricis totius Tatariae Mongoliaeque desertae" [USSR, Chita Province, Borzya District, Kulusutai (Heptner and Sludskii, 1992)]. | Distribution: | Afghanistan, Armenia, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Near Threatened. | Comments: | Revised by Pocock (1907a), Birula (1913, 1916), Ognev (1935), and Schwangart (1936). Most consider F. manul to be included with Felis (Felis) and separation into Otocolobus following Wozencraft (1993) would make Felis paraphyletic (Bininda-Emonds et al., 1999; Collier and O'Brien, 1985; Hemmer, 1978; Mattern and McLennan, 2000; Salles, 1992; Weigel, 1961). McKenna and Bell (1997) placed in Felis (Otocolobus). Subspecies allocated according to Pocock (1951) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). |
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