Sumatran clouded leopard

Sumatran clouded leopard[1]
A Sumatran clouded leopard killed between 1910 and 1925
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Feliformia
Family:Felidae
Subfamily:Pantherinae
Genus:Neofelis
Species: N. diardi
Subspecies: N. d. diardi
Trinomial name
Neofelis diardi diardi
(Cuvier, 1823)

The Sumatran clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi diardi) is a subspecies of the Sunda clouded leopard and is native to the Indonesian islands of Batu and Sumatra.[1] It differs in molecular, craniomandibular and dental characteristics from the Bornean clouded leopard.[2] In 2017, the Cat Classification Taskforce of the Cat Specialist Group recognized the validity of this subspecies.[3]

Distribution and habitat

It was recorded in Sumatra's Kerinci Seblat, Gunung Leuser and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Parks.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sunarto, Sanderson, J., and Wilting, A. (2008). "Neofelis diardi ssp. diardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  2. ↑ Wilting A.; Christiansen P.; Kitchener A. C.; Kemp Y. J. M.; Ambu L.; Fickel, J. (2010). "Geographical variation in and evolutionary history of the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) with the description of a new subspecies from Borneo" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (2): 317–328. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.007. PMID 21074625.
  3. ↑ Kitchener, A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; Gentry, A.; Werdelin, L.; Wilting, A.; Yamaguchi, N.; Abramov, A. V.; Christiansen, P.; Driscoll, C.; Duckworth, J. W.; Johnson, W.; Luo, S.-J.; Meijaard, E.; O’Donoghue, P.; Sanderson, J.; Seymour, K.; Bruford, M.; Groves, C.; Hoffmann, M.; Nowell, K.; Timmons, Z.; Tobe, S. (2017). "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group" (PDF). Cat News (Special Issue 11).
  4. ↑ Holden J. (2001). "Small cats in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia: evidence collected through photo-trapping". Cat News (35): 11–14.
  5. ↑ Pusparini, W., Wibisono, H.T., Reddy, G.V. , Tarmizi, Bharata, P. (2014). "Small and medium sized cats in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia". Cat News (Special issue 8): 4–9.
  6. ↑ McCarthy, J.L., Wibisono, H.T., McCarthy, K.P., Fuller, T.K. and Andayani, N. (2015). "Assessing the distribution and habitat use of four felid species in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia". Global Ecology and Conservation 3: 210−221. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2014.11.009.
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