Neofelis Gray 1867

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 545

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11343911
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scientific name	Neofelis Gray 1867
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Neofelis Gray 1867 View in CoL

Neofelis Gray 1867 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 265.

Type Species: Felis macrocelis Horsfield 1825

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith 1821)

Subspecies Neofelis nebulosa subsp. nebulosa Griffith 1821

Subspecies Neofelis nebulosa subsp. brachyura Swinhoe 1862

Subspecies Neofelis nebulosa subsp. diardi G. Cuvier 1823

Subspecies Neofelis nebulosa subsp. macrosceloides Hodgson 1853

Discussion: Placed in Pantherinae by Hemmer (1978) and Weigel (1961). Placed in Neofelinae by Kratochvíl (1982 c). Pocock (1917 a), Weigel (1961), Collier and O'Brien (1985), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) considered Neofelis either as the most primitive member of the Pantherinae , or as the first outgroup. Placed in Felinae by McKenna and Bell (1997). Considered a synonym of Pardofelis by Corbet and Hill (1992).