Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545
Reference for:
Leptailurus
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Leptailurus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Leptailurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Leptailurus
Leptailurus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Leptailurus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Placed as a subgenus of Felis by McKenna and Bell (1997). There appears to be little agreement on the relationship of Leptailurus to other cats. Pocock (1917a) placed it with Leopardus; whereas Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) placed with Felis, Lynx, and Caracal. Salles (1992) grouped it with Prionailurus bengalensis, and Johnson and O'Brien (1997) and Mattern and McLennan (2000) with Caracal and Profelis. Severtzov (1858), Groves (1982a), and McKenna and Bell...