Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Author Jo, Yeong-Seok Author Baccus, John T. Author Koprowski, John L. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-19 4522 1 1 216 journal article 27944 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 58e0c7c5-75ec-4b1b-beb0-d01527f710f9 1175-5326 2610198 C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792) —Leopard Cat Felis bengalensis Kerr in Linnaeus, 1792 p.151 ; Type locality- southern Bengal; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.312 ; Corbet, 1978 p.183 ; Oh, 2004a p.156 . F. euptilura Elliot, 1871 p.761 ; Type locality- northwestern Siberia; Won, 1968 p.307 . F. microtis Milne-Edwards, 1871 p.221 ; Type locality- northeastern China ; Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379 . F. manchurica Mori, 1922b p.609 ; Type locality- Mukden (Shenyang), Manchuria. F. bengalensis manchurica : Tate, 1947 p.189 ; Won, 1958 p.442 ; Won, 1967 p.145 . F. euptilura microtis : Won, 1968 p.307 . F. bengalensis euptilura : Corbet, 1978 p.183 ; Yoon, 1992 p.115 . Prionailurus bengalensis : Han, 1994 p.46 ; Won & Smith, 1999 p.20 . Range: Leopard cats occur throughout Korea except in the remote islands and Jeju Island, where the species became extinct in the 1930s–1940s ( Fig. 54 ). Remarks: Populations in Korea were classified as one subspecies, P. b. euptilurus (or euptilura ) Elliott, 1871. Heptner (1971) considered euptilura a distinct species, but this was generally not followed (e.g., Wozencraft 2005 ). Conservation status: The South Korean government delisted P. bengalensis as a game species in 1965 and the Ministry of Environment designated the species an endangered species in 1998. The Red Data Book of South Korea lists P. bengalensis as ‘Vulnerable’ (NIBR 2012).