Felis bieti

A. Milne-Edwards, 1892

Chinese Mountain Cat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1892. Observations sur les mammifères du Thibet. Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées 3:670-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139328

Original name as described

Felis Bieti

Other common names

Chinese Desert Cat · Pale Desert Cat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1891-391, MNHN (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1891-391

Type locality

Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005984

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Felis Bieti

A. Milne-Edwards, 1892

Family

Felidae

Root name

bieti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1891-391, MNHN (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

China: Sichuan.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1891-391

Authority page

671

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139328

Authority publication

Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Smith & Xie (2008:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8539/213200674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Felis pallida

Büchner, 1894

Family

Felidae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 1933

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

in der Süd-Tetung-Kette, Provinz Ganssu

Type locality

China: Gansu.

Authority page

341

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008563

Authority publication

Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg

Name usages

Büchner (1894:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68991)
Büchner (1894:433, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33926600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68989)
Trouessart (1904:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Matschie (1908:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15660329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68684)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis pallida subpallida

A. Jacobi, 1923

Family

Felidae

Root name

subpallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTD B5668, MTD B5672

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

aus der Umgegend von Sungpan

Type locality

China: Sichuan.

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte der Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde zu Dresden

Name usages

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

Felis bieti bieti:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Felidae

Root name

bieti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

306

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722607

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Smith & Xie (2008:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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