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 Ailurus fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825 . Hist. Nat. Mamm., 5(50):3 . TYPE LOCALITY: India , S. E. Himalayas . DISTRIBUTION: Yunnan and Szechwan ( China ); N. Burma ; Sikkim; Nepal . COMMENT: Although this species is usually included in the Procyonidae because of its ringed tail, facial markings, and superficial resemblance of teeth and skull to Procyon , this species has no shared derived morphological characters that would place it here (SK). Thenius, 1979 , Z. Saugetierk., 44:386-305, and Gromov and Baranova, 1981:255 , placed it in the monotypic subfamily Ailurinae. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412003001001001.