Felis chaus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Felis
Species: Felis chaus
Subspecies: ?F. c. affinis – F. c. chaus – ?F. c. fulvidina
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secundum Wozencraft, 2005
[edit]Subspecies: F. c. affinis – F. c. chaus – F. c. fulvidina – F. c. furax – F. c. kelaarti – F. c. kutas – F. c. maimanah – F. c. nilotica – F. c. oxiana – F. c. prateri
secundum Kitchener et al., 2017
[edit]Subspecies certae: F. c. chaus
Subspecies non certae: F. c. affinis – F. c. fulvidina
Subspecies dubiae: F. c. furax – F. c. kelaarti – F. c. kutas – F. c. maimanah – F. c. nilotica –F. c. oxiana – F. c. prateri – F. c. valbalala
secundum Burgin et al., 2020
[edit]Subspecies: F. c. affinis – F. c. chaus – F. c. fulvidina
Nova et vetera nomina
[edit]F. c. affinis – F. c. chaus – F. c. fulvidina – F. c. furax – F. c. kelaarti – F. c. kutas – F. c. maimanah – F. c. nilotica – F. c. oxiana – F. c. pallida – F. c. prateri – F. c. typica – F. c. valbalala –
F. affinis –
F. catolynx –
F. chaus –
F. erythrotus –
F. jacquemontii –
F. kutas –
F. libycus –
F. maimanah –
F. ruppelii –
F. shawiana –
C. chaus –
L. chrysomelanotis –
L. erythrotus –
L. ruppelii
Name
[edit]Felis chaus Schreber, 1777: CX.B, 414 [1777]
Type locality: Russia, Dagestan, Terek River, N. of Caucasus.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Güldenstädt, A.I. 1776. Chaus, animal feli affine descriptum. Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 20: 483–500. BHL Reference page.
- Allen, J.A. 1920. Note on Gueldenstaedt's names of certain species of Felidae. Journal of Mammalogy 1(2): 90–91. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/1.2.90 BHL Reference page.
- Schreber, J.C.D. 1774–. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen.
- Sherborn, C.D. 1891. On the dates of the parts, plates, and text of Schreber's 'Säugthiere'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 587–592. BHL Reference page. p. 589 [Plate 110B = 1777]
Additional references
[edit]- Pocock, R.I. 1939. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia I: Primates and Carnivora (in part), families Felidae and Viverridae. PDF Reference page. pp. 290–305.
- Pocock, R.I. 1951. Catalogue of the genus Felis. British Museum (Natural History): London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.128853 BHL Reference page. pp. 150–179.
- Heptner, V.G. & Sludskii, A.A. 1992. Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part II: Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats). Translation of: Mlekopitai͡ushchie Sovetskogo Soi͡uza Vol. II, Pt. II (1972). Amerind: New Delhi. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.46297 BHL Reference page. pp. 356–398.
- 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. p. 535.
- Mukherjee, S. & Groves, C. 2007. Geographic variation in jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) body size: is competition responsible? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 163–172. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00838.x ResearchGate Reference page.
- Mukherjee, S., Krishnan, A., Tamma, K., Home, C., Navya, R., Joseph, S., Das, A. & Ramakrishnan, U. 2010. Ecology driving genetic variation: a comparative phylogeography of Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) and Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in India. PLOS ONE 5(10): e13724. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013724 Reference page.
- 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.
- Burgin, C.J., Wilson, D.E., Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., Lacher, T.E., Sechrest, W. 2020. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. 2 volumes. Vol 1: Monotremata to Rodentia. 631 pp. ISBN 978-84-16728-34-3. Vol 2: Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535 pp. ISBN 978-84-16728-35-0. Reference page. II: 406.
Links
[edit]- Felis chaus 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. - IUCN: Felis chaus Schreber, 1777 (Least Concern)
Vernacular names
[edit]অসমীয়া: হাপা
беларуская: Чаротавы кот
български: Тръстикова котка
বাংলা: বন বিড়াল
brezhoneg: Kazh ar janglenn
čeština: Kočka bažinná
dansk: Junglekat
Deutsch: Rohrkatze
English: Jungle Cat
Esperanto: Kano-kato
español: Gato marismeño
suomi: Viidakkokissa
français: Chat des marais
ગુજરાતી: જંગલી બિલાડી
עברית: חתול ביצות
hrvatski: Tropska mačka
italiano: Gatto della giungla
日本語: ジャングルキャット
Nederlands: Moeraskat
norsk: Jungelkatt
polski: Chaus
português: Gato-da-selva
русский: Камышовый кот
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Tropska mačka / Тропска мачка
slovenčina: Mačka močiarna
svenska: Djungelkatt
ไทย: แมวป่า
Türkçe: Sazlık kedisi
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