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| name = Himalayan jungle cat |
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| image = FelisChausMunsiari1.jpg |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Mammal]]ia |
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| ordo = [[Carnivora]] |
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| familia = [[Felidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Felis]]'' |
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| species = ''[[Jungle cat|F. chaus]]'' |
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| subspecies = '''''F. c. affinis''''' |
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| trinomial = ''Felis chaus affinis'' |
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| trinomial_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1830 |
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'''Himalayan jungle cat''' (''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). [https://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> |
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==Taxonomy== |
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[[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). [https://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> |
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In the 1930s, the British zoologist [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]] reviewed the [[Natural History Museum, London|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) [https://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> |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Felis|chaus affinis]] |
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[[Category:Mammals of India]] |
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[[Category:Mammals of Nepal]] |
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[[Category:Mammals of Pakistan]] |
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[[Category:Animals described in 1830]] |
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