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Neotype of Neofelis diardi (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae)

2009; Q15088586; Volume: 2110; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.2110.1.4

1175-5334

Per Christiansen,

Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

The recent recognition that the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is, in fact, two different species, which differ substantially with respects to craniodental and pelage morphology and genome characters, and the confusion about the initial descriptions of this taxon prompt designation of a neotype of Neofelis diardi. In this paper a neotype specimen consisting of a mounted skin, a skull, and a mandible (RMNH1981) is designated, which are housed at the National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis), in Leiden, the Netherlands. The type locality of Neofelis diardi is fixed as Palembang, Sumatra, under Article 76 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, rather than the original and erroneous locality of Java by Cuvier.