Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Profelis Severtzov 1858 Profelis Severtzov 1858 , Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 10: 386 . Type Species: Felis celidogaster Temminck 1827 Synonyms: Chrysailurus Severtzov 1858 . Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies: Species Profelis aurata ( Temminck 1827 ) Subspecies Profelis aurata subsp. aurata Temminck 1827 Subspecies Profelis aurata subsp. cottoni Lydekker 1907 Discussion: Placed as a subgenus of Felis by McKenna and Bell (1997) . There is considerable controversy with the relationship of Profelis to other cats. Some follow Pocock (1917 a ) and unite it with Catopuma ( Bininda-Emonds et al., 1999 ; Collier and O'Brien, 1985 ; Herrington, 1986 ; Weigel, 1961 ). Others consider Profelis closely related to Caracal (Johnson and O’Brien, 1997; Mattern and McLennan, 2000 ).