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Felis irionwtensis Imaizumi 1967

Description

Felis irionwtensis Imaizumi, 1967. J. Mamm. Soc. Jpn., 3:74.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Ryukyu Isis., Iriomote Isl., Haimida.

DISTRIBUTION: Iriomote Isl. (Ryukyu Isis.)

COMMENT: Possibly conspecific with bengalensis; Imaizumi's key characters are polymorphic in bengalensis (Glass, 1979, 59th Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Mammal., p. 5); see Petzsch, 1970, Das Pelzgewerbe, 20:3-7; Guggisberg, 1975, The Wild Cats of the World, p. 89; Glass and Todd, 1977, Z. Saugetierk., 42:36-44.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. (= Mayailurus) irionwtensis.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001012001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 279, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Imaizumi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Felis
Species
irionwtensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Felis irionwtensis Imaizumi, 1967 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Petzsch, H. 1970. Kritisches uber die neuentdeckte Iriomote-Wildkatze. Der Pelzgewerbe, 20 (5): 3 - 7.
  • Glass, G. E., and N. B. Todd. 1977. Quasi-continuous variation of the second upper premolar in Felis bengalensis Kerr 1792 and its significance for some fossil lynxes. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 42 (1): 36 - 44.