Prionailurus Severtzov 1858

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Prionailurus Severtzov 1858

Prionailurus Severtzov 1858 , Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 10: 387.

Type Species: Felis pardochrous Hodgson 1844

Synonyms: Aelurina Gill 1871 ; Ailurin Gervais 1855 ; Ailurina Trouessart 1885 ; Ailurogale Fitzinger 1869 ; Ictailurus Severtzov 1858 ; Mayailurus Imaizumi 1967 ; Plethaelurus Cope 1882 ; Priononfelis Kretzoi 1929 ; Viverriceps J. E. Gray 1867 ; Zibethailurus Severtzov 1858 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 13 subspecies:

Species Prionailurus bengalensis ( Kerr 1792)

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. bengalensis Kerr 1792

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. alleni Sody 1949

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. borneoensis Brongersma 1936

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. chinensis Gray 1837

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. euptilurus Elliot 1871

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. heaneyi Groves 1997

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. horsfieldii Gray 1842

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. javanensis Desmarest 1816

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. rabori Groves 1997

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. sumatranus Horsfield 1821

Subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. trevelyani Pocock 1939

Species Prionailurus iriomotensis Imaizumi 1967

Species Prionailurus planiceps (Vigors and Horsfield 1827)

Species Prionailurus rubiginosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831)

Subspecies Prionailurus rubiginosus subsp. rubiginosus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831

Subspecies Prionailurus rubiginosus subsp. phillipsi Pocock 1939

Species Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett 1833)

Discussion: Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Groves (1982 a), Kratochvil (1982 c), Collier and O'Brien (1985), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), considered bengalensis , planiceps , iriomotenisis, rubiginosus , and viverrinus a monophyletic group. McKenna and Bell (1997) included bengalensis , iriomotensis , rubiginosus , and viverrinus . Salles (1992), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) separated rubiginosus , although there is no agreement nor consensus as to its correct placement. It is provisionally left in Prionailurus here, although perhaps it would be better to consider it as incertae sedis.