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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Felidae
--> SUBFAMILY Felinae
--> GENUS Prionailurus
SPECIES Prionailurus planiceps
| Author: | Vigors and Horsfield, 1827. | | Citation: | Zool. J., 3: 449. | | Common Name: | Flat-headed Cat | | Type Locality: | "Sumatra" [Indonesia]. | | Distribution: | Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) listed this taxon as incertae sedis, but placed it with Felis viverrina. Grouped with Prionailurus by Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Kratochvíl (1982c), Groves (1982a), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000). |
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