Class : Mammal
Family : Felidae
Genus : Prionailurus
Order : Carnivora
Phylum : Chordata
Taxon : Bengalensis
Kingdom : Animalia
The Asian Leopard Cat (ALC) is one of the most broadly disseminated small cat species in the world. Only one subspecies, the prionailurus Bengalensis Bengalensis is listed in Appendix I of the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) due to the expanding human population and their habitat destruction. The other Leopard subspecies are listed in Appendix II; they are not considered to be in immediate danger of extinction, how ever, CITES regulate their trade as endangered species.
All Leopard cats are classified in the genus prionailurus Bengalensis and there are 10 subspecies named according to the region they inhabit:
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Bengalensis : India, Indo-
China, Yunnan - Prionailurus Bengalensis Borneoensis : Borneo
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Chinensis : China
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Euptilura : East Siberia
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Horsfieldi : From Kashmir to Sikkim
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Javanensis : Java, Bali
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Manchurica : Manchuria
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Minuta : Philippines
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Sumatrans : Sumatra
- Prionailurus Bengalensis Trevelyani : North Kashmir, Pakistan
Asian Leopard cat Distribution
