Catopuma

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Catopuma[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Catopuma
Severtzov, 1858
Type species
Felis moormensis
Hogson, 1831 (= Felis temminckii Vigors and Horsfield, 1827) by monotypy
Species

Catopuma badia
Catopuma temminckii

Catopuma is the genus of two small Asian felines, the Bay Cat and the Asian Golden Cat. Recent genetic research [1]) has shown that this genus should be merged with the genus Pardofelis.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 533-534. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.