Prionailurus planiceps

(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Flat-headed Cat

Taxonomy

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

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/2339671

Original name as described

Felis planiceps

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.247

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b86a71a-5c33-4734-9683-002577157a4a

Type locality

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006014

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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: 8 names and synonyms.

Felis planiceps

Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Family

Felidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.247

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sumatra

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b86a71a-5c33-4734-9683-002577157a4a

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339671

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Blyth (1840:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Lesson (1842:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Blainville (1843:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68407)
Schinz (1844:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
Blyth (1848:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40129681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67633)
Giebel (1855:886, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Severtsov (1858:387-388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68920)
Blyth (1863:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Murray (1866:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1885:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58783)
Trouessart (1904:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1932:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69478)
Chasen (1940:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Davis (1962:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Chaus? planiceps:

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Felidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729645

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1843:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)

Felis cavifrons

H. R. Schinz, 1844

Family

Felidae

Root name

cavifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Type

SMF:MAMM:16240

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

467

Authority publication

Solothurn

Viverriceps planiceps:

J. E. Gray, 1867

Family

Felidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533709

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1867:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37913)
Gray (1869:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Felis strepsilura

Jentink, 1892

Family

Felidae

Root name

strepsilura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

99

Authority publication

book

Ailurin planiceps:

Lyon, 1908

Family

Felidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

659

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629826

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Lyon (1908:659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17209)
Lyon (1911:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
Miller (1942:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12073)

Ictailurus planiceps:

Pocock, 1932

Family

Felidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

766

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Pocock (1932:766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14064)
Sody (1949:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31862)

Prionailurus planiceps:

Wozencraft, 1993

Family

Felidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (1993:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kitchener, Breitenmoser-Würsten, Eizirik, Gentry, Werdelin, Wilting, Yamaguchi, Abramov, Christiansen, Driscoll, Duckworth, Johnson, Luo, Meijaard, O'Donoghue, Sanderson, Seymour, Bruford, Groves, Hoffmann, Nowell, Timmons & Tobe (2017:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35407)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18148/50662095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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