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{{Taxobox
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]
| name = Himalayan jungle cat
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| status = LC
| trend = down
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| image = FelisChausMunsiari1.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
| familia = [[Felidae]]
| genus = ''[[Felis]]''
| species = ''[[Jungle Cat|F. chaus]]''
| subspecies = '''''F. c. affinis'''''
| trinomial = ''Felis chaus affinis''
| trinomial_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1830
}}

'''''Felis chaus affinis''''' is a [[subspecies]] of the [[jungle cat]] that inhabits the [[Himalaya|Himalayan region]] ranging from [[Kashmir]] and [[Nepal]] to [[Sikkim]] and [[Yunnan]].<ref name=ems1966>Ellerman, J. R. and Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1966). [http://www.archive.org/stream/checklistofindia00elle#page/306/mode/2up ''Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946'']. Second edition. British Museum of Natural History, London.</ref>

[[Thomas Hardwicke]]’s collection of illustrations of Indian wildlife comprises the first drawing of a Himalayan jungle cat, which the British zoologist [[John Edward Gray]] named the "Allied cat" ''Felis affinis'' in 1830.<ref>Gray, J. E. (1830-1832). [http://archive.org/stream/IllustrationsOfIndianZoology1/Hardwicke1#page/n18/mode/1up ''Illustrations of Indian Zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. 1''.] Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter, London, Paris, Strasbourg.</ref>
In the 1930s, the British zoologist [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]] reviewed the [[Natural History Museum]]'s jungle cat skins and skulls from [[British India]] and adjacent countries. Based mainly on differences in fur length and colour he subordinated the Himalayan specimens to ''Felis chaus affinis''.<ref name= Pocock1939>Pocock, R. I. (1939) [http://www.archive.org/stream/PocockMammalia1/pocock1#page/n365/mode/2up ''The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1'']. Taylor and Francis Ltd., London.</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Felis|chaus affinis]]
[[Category:Mammals of India]]
[[Category:Mammals of Nepal]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1830]]

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