Prionailurus iriomotensis

Prionailurus iriomotensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Prionailurus
Species: Prionailurus bengalensis
Subspecies: P. b. iriomotensis

Name

Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis (Imaizumi, 1967)

Type locality: “Haimida, Iriomote,” Japan.

Remarks: It had been considered distinct from P. bengalensis, see Wozncraft (2005). Included in P. b. euptilurus by Kitchener et al. (2017).

Synonyms

• Mayailurus iriomitensis Imaizumi, 1967: 75 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Imaizumi, Y. 1967. A new genus and species of cat from Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 3(4): 75–105. DOI: 10.11238/jmammsocjapan1952.3.75 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Wozencraft, W.C. 2005. Order Carnivora. pp. 532–628. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds) Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Vol. I. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. Reference page. 

Links

• Prionailurus iriomotensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Iriomote Cat
español: Gato de Iriomote
magyar: Iriomote-szigeti macska
日本語: イリオモテヤマネコ
한국어: 이리오모테살쾡이
português: Gato-de-Iriomote
ไทย: แมวอิืริโอะโมะเตะ
Türkçe: Iriomote kedisi

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