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'''''Felis chaus maimanah''''' is considered a [[subspecies]] of the [[jungle cat]].<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft |id=14000039}}</ref> |
'''''Felis chaus maimanah''''' is considered a [[subspecies]] of the [[jungle cat]].<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft |id=14000039}}</ref> |
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During an expedition to [[Afghanistan]] in the 1880s, mammal skins were collected and later presented to the [[Indian Museum]]. One [[Felis|cat]] skin without skull from the area of [[Maymana|Maimanah]] in the country's north was initially identified as of ''Felis caudata'', but in the absence of skins for comparison the author was not sure whether his identification was correct.<ref>Scully, J. (1887). [http://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof5201887lond#page/378/mode/2up ''On the mammals collected by Captain C. E. Yate, C.S.I., of the Afghan Boundary Commission''.] The Annals and Magazine of natural history, including zoology, botany, and geology. Fifth Series, Vol. XX: 378–388.</ref> In his revision of [[Asiatic Wildcat|Asian wildcat]] skins collected in the [[Museum für Naturkunde|Zoological Museum of Berlin]], the German [[zoologist]] [[Ludwig Zukowsky|Zukowsky]] reassessed the Maimanah cat skin, and because of its larger size and shorter tail than ''caudata'' skins proposed a new [[Species (biology)|species]] with the [[scientific name]] ''Felis (Felis) maimanah''. Zukowsky assumed that the felid inhabits the region south of the [[Amu Darya River]].<ref name=Zukowsky1914>Zukowsky, L. (1914). ''Drei neue Kleinkatzenrassen aus Westasien:'' [http://archive.org/stream/archivfurgeschic8012berl#page/n329/mode/2up ''Felis (Felis) maimanah spec. nov.''] Archiv Für Naturgeschichte 80 (10): 139−142.</ref> |
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Felis chaus maimanah is considered a subspecies of the jungle cat.[1]
During an expedition to
Amu Darya River.[3]
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Scully, J. (1887). On the mammals collected by Captain C. E. Yate, C.S.I., of the Afghan Boundary Commission. The Annals and Magazine of natural history, including zoology, botany, and geology. Fifth Series, Vol. XX: 378–388.
- ^ Zukowsky, L. (1914). Drei neue Kleinkatzenrassen aus Westasien: Felis (Felis) maimanah spec. nov. Archiv Für Naturgeschichte 80 (10): 139−142.
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