Rusty-Spotted Cat – Prionailurus rubiginosus

Prionailurus rubiginosusI. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Placed in Prionailurus by Pocock (1917a), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Kratochvíl (1982c), and Groves (1982a). Herrington (1986), Salles (1992), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) all considered rubiginosus distant from other Prionailurus, although there is little agreement where it should be placed. See comments under genus.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.