Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Felis manul Pallas, 1776 . Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 3: 692 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R ., S.W. Transbaikalia, Buryat-Mongolsk. A.S.S. R .; S. of Lake Baikal, Kulusutai . DISTRIBUTION: Steppe and semidesert from Caspian Sea to Kashmir, Transbaikalia, Mongolia , and C. China , north to Inner Mongolia and east to Hopei (SW). PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae . ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001016001.