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:
Prionailurus iriomotensis
Prionailurus iriomotensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Prionailurus iriomotensis: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as P. bengalensis iriomotensis
Comment:
Comments: Petzsch (1970), Glass and Todd (1977), Hemmer (1978), Groves (1982a), Herrington (1986), and Johnson et al. (1999) argued that differences only warranted subspecific status and separation of iriomotensis from bengalensis may make some populations of bengalensis paraphyletic. Suzuki et al. (1994a), Masuda et al. (1994), and Leyhausen and Pfleiderer (1994, 1999) presented evidence that it should be considered distinct from other bengalensis. It should probably be best considered incertae sedis