Catopuma temminckii (Vigors and Horsfield 1827)

[Felis] temminckii Vigors and Horsfield 1827, Zool. J., 3: 451.

Type Locality: " Sumatra " [Indonesia].

Vernacular Names: Asian Golden Cat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Catopuma temminckii subsp. temminckii Vigors and Horsfield 1827

Subspecies Catopuma temminckii subsp. dominicanorum Sclater 1898

Subspecies Catopuma temminckii subsp. tristis Milne-Edwards 1872

Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Placed in Catopuma by Hemmer (1978) and Groves (1982 a). Placed in Profelis by Pocock (1932 d), followed by Weigel (1961), Král and Zima (1980), Kratochvíl (1982 c), and Johnson and O'Brien (1997). Includes tristis after Pocock (1932 d). Subspecies allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953).