Prionailurus
Prionailurus is a genus o fower species o smaw, spottit wild cats foond in Asie.[2] They are teepically forest-dwellin. Maist are able tae soum well; some species are semi-aquatic an feed mainly on fish an ither aquatic ainimals.
Prionailurus[1] | |
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Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Faimily: | Felidae |
Subfaimily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Prionailurus Severtzov, 1858 |
Teep species | |
Felis pardachrous Brian Houghton Hodgson, 1844 (= Felis bengalensis Kerr, 1792)
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References
eedit- ↑ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genus Prionailurus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 543–544. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Johnson, W. E., Eizirik, E., Pecon-Slattery, J., Murphy, W. J., Antunes, A., Teeling, E., O'Brien, S. J. (2006) The late miocene radiation of modern felidae: A genetic assessment. Science 311: 73-77.