Catopuma temminckii

(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Asian Golden Cat

Also as Temminck's Cat.
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Location:USA, OH, Hamilton co., Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Apr 22, 2002

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2266

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Aeluroidea
Superfamily : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Catopuma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Vigors, N.A. and Horsfield, T. 1827-12-31. Descriptions of two species of the genus Felis, in the collection of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal 3(11):449-451.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339676

Original name as described

Felis temminckii

Other common names

Temminck's Cat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.250

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd2546f9-f94d-47be-8303-cda594e71404

Type locality

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Myanmar · Vietnam · Thailand · Cambodia · Laos · Malaysia · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Catopuma to Pardofelis, then back to Catopuma based on genetic divergence and morphology

Taxonomy notes citation

Johnson, W.E., Eizirik, E., Pecon-Slattery, J., Murphy, W.J., Antunes, A., Teeling, E. and O'Brien, S.J. 2006. The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment. Science 311(5757):73-77. doi:10.1126/science.1122277 · Li, G., Davis, B.W., Eizirik, E. and Murphy, W.J. 2016. Phylogenomic evidence for ancient hybridization in the genomes of living cats (Felidae). Genome Research 26(1):1-11. doi:10.1101/gr.186668.114

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005983

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 29 names and synonyms.

Felis temminckii

(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Family

Felidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.250

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd2546f9-f94d-47be-8303-cda594e71404

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339676

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1840:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  2. Lesson (1842:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Blyth (1848:248 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40129681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67633)
  4. Gyldenstolpe (1916:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  5. Thomas (1925:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14043)
  6. Chasen (1940:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  7. Miller (1942:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12073)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Felis moormensis

(B. H. Hodgson, 1831)

Family

Felidae

Root name

moormensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:118a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1db1883e-017c-4810-a901-504f2097b2e3

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51532041

Authority publication

Gleanings in Science

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1832:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67700)
  2. Lesson (1842:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Giebel (1855:885, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Severtsov (1858:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68920)
  5. Sclater (1872:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis moormansis

(W. Ogilby, 1839)

Family

Felidae

Root name

moormansis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

lxv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912374

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ogilby (1839:lxv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)

Felis Murmensis

(B. H. Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Felidae

Root name

murmensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126976

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1841:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  2. Hodgson (1844:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  3. Horsfield (1857:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)

Felis aurata

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Felidae

Root name

aurata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681511

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Felis nigrescens

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tristis

(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tristis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

David (1871:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)

Felis tristis

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tristis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-535

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-535

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524299

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1885:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58783)
  2. Trouessart (1904:270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Felis Temmincki

(Trouessart, 1885)

Family

Felidae

Root name

temmincki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

103

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques d'Angers

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1885:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58783)
  2. Büchner (1891:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)
  3. Trouessart (1904:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Lydekker (1908:438, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  5. Dollman (1932:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69478)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Felis dominicanorum

(P. L. Sclater, 1898)

Family

Felidae

Root name

dominicanorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d5c005e-d198-43a9-a2b2-571e83b38998

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30952289

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:274, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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