Felis chaus affinis
| South Asian jungle cat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Felis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | F. c. affinis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Felis chaus affinis Gray, 1830
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Felis chaus affinis is a jungle cat subspecies.[1] It was described by British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1830 based on an illustration by Thomas Hardwicke.[2]
Taxonomy
Thomas Hardwicke’s collection of illustrations of Indian wildlife comprises the first drawing of Felis chaus affinis, which the British zoologist John Edward Gray named the "Allied cat" Felis affinis in 1830.[3]
In the 1930s, the British zoologist 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.[4]
References
- ^ "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group" (PDF). Cat News. Special Issue 11. 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Gray, J.E. (1830). Illustrations of Indian Zoology chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke (Vol. 1). London, UK: Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter.
- ^ Gray, J. E. (1830-1832). Illustrations of Indian Zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. 1. Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter, London, Paris, Strasbourg.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1939) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1. Taylor and Francis Ltd., London.
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