Iriomote Cat – Prionailurus iriomotensis

Prionailurus iriomotensisImaizumi, 1967

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Petzsch (1970), Glass and Todd (1977), Hemmer (1978), Groves (1982a), Herrington (1986), and Johnson et al. (1999) argued that differences only warranted subspecific status and separation of iriomotensis from bengalensis may make some populations of bengalensis paraphyletic. Suzuki et al. (1994a), Masuda et al. (1994), and Leyhausen and Pfleiderer (1994, 1999) presented evidence that it should be considered distinct from other bengalensis. It should probably be best considered incertae sedis.

• 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.