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)
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289
book chapter
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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.