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Neofelis nebulosa  (Griffith, 1821)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 183809

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Clouded Leopard [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderFeliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyFelidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – cats  
                                        SubfamilyPantherinae Pocock, 1917  
                                           GenusNeofelis Gray, 1867  
                                              SpeciesNeofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) – Clouded Leopard  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SubspeciesNeofelis nebulosa brachyura (Swinhoe, 1862)  
                                                 SubspeciesNeofelis nebulosa macrosceloides (Hodgson, 1853)  
                                                 SubspeciesNeofelis nebulosa nebulosa (Griffith, 1821)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Buckley-Beason, Valerie A., Warren E. Johnson, William G. Nash, Roscoe Stanyon, Joan C. Menninger...   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular evidence for species-level distinctions in Clouded Leopards   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Current Biology, vol. 16, no. 23   
  Page(s): 2371-2376   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0960-9822   
  Notes: Available online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982206021336   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Christiansen, Per   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species distinction and evolutionary differences in the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and Diard's Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 6   
  Page(s): 1435-1446   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: Available online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30224412   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa, Clouded Leopard [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Neofelis nebulosa   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable  
    Comments: Placed in Neofelis by Pocock (1917a), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvíl (1982c). Groves (1982a) placed in Panthera. Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951)  
 

 

    


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