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1 Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) 1. Alcala A.C. & Brown W.C Notes on the food habits of three Philippine wild mammals. Silliman J. 16, Anonymous1998. New Threat to Iriomote Cat. 3. Anonymous 2001 Apr. Featured Feline: Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis). Cat Times - ISEC Newsletter, Anonymous. Felis bengalensis - The status of Asian Leopard Cat - Populations and Trade International Wildlife Coalition; 19 p. 5. Anonymous. Leopard cat 2 p. 6. Austin S. C., Tewes M. E., Grassman L. I. & Silvy N. J Ecology and conservation of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis and clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53(1), Banks E Bornean mammals. Kuching Press, Kuching. 8. Brodie J. & Girodano A Small carnivores of the Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, including a new locality for the Hose s Civet Diplogale hosei. Small Carnivore Conservation 44, Cai G.-Q.1989a. Economic fauna in Qinghai. Peoples Press of Qinghai, Xining (in Chinese). 10. Cheyne S. M. & Macdonald D. W Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo. Oryx 45, Chua M. A. H Ecology and conservation of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792) (mammalia: carnivora: felidae) in Singapore. MSc Thesis. University of Singapore. 12. Collins N. M., Sayer J. A. & Whitmore T. C. (Eds) The conservation atlas of tropical forests: Asia and the Pacific. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 13. Corbett G. B. & Hill J. E The mammals of the Indo-Malayan region: A systematic review. Oxford Univ. Press for British Museum (Natural History). 14. Cox R The conservation status of biological resources in the Philippines. Unpubl. report by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre to the International Institute for Environment and Development, Cambridge. 15. Davies G. & Payne J A faunal survey of Sabah. Unpubl. report, WWF Malaysia for the Game Branch, Forest Dept., Sabah. 16. Eisenberg J.F The mammalian radiations: an analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation, and behavior. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago. 17. Feng Z.-J., Cai G.-Q. & Zheng C.-L Mammals of Tibet. Beijing: Science Press (in Chinese). 18. Ghimirey Y. & Ghimire B Leopard cat at high altitude in Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal. Cat News 52, Giman B., Stuebig R., Megum N., McShea W.J. & Stewart C. M A camera trapping inventory for mammals in a mixed used plated forest in Sarawak. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1), Grassman L. I., Tewes M., Silvy N.J. & Kreetiyutanont K Spatial organization and diet of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in north-central Thailand. Journal of Zoollogy 266,

2 21. Grassman L. I Movements and diet of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis in a seasonal evergreen forest in south-central Thailand. Acta theriol 45(3), Grassman L. I Thailand Cat Project 44 p. 23. Gray T. N. E., Channa P., Chanrattanak P. & Sovanna P The status of jungle cat and sympatric small cats in Cambodia s Eastern plains. Cat News Special Issue 8, Groves C. P Leopard-cats, Prionailurus bengalensis (Carnivora: Felidae) from Indonesia and the Philippines, with the description of two new species. Z Saeugetierk 62, Guggisberg C.A.W Wild cats of the world. David and Charles, London. 26. Gumal M., Salleh A. B. B. M., Yasak M. N., Horng L. S., Lee B. P. Y.-H., Pheng L. C., Hamzah H., Kong D., Magintan D., Yung D. T. C., Zalaluddin A. Z. B., Azmi A. B., Khalid N. B., Yen T. P., Mufeng V., Meng F. C. F. & Ng S Small-medium wild cats of Endau Rompin Landscape in Johor Peninsular Malaysia. Cat News Special Issue 8, Habibi K Mammals of Afghanistan 168 p. 28. Habibi K The mammals of Afghanistan: their distribution and status. Unpubl. report to the UNDP, FAO and Ministry of Agriculture, Kabul. 29. Haines A.M., Grassman Jr. L. I. & Tewes M. E Survival of radiocollared adult leopard cats Prionailurus bengalensis in Thailand. Acta Theriologica 49, Haltenorth T Lebende arabische Sandkatze (Felis margarita Loche, 1858). Living Arabian sandcats. Säugetierk. Mitt. 1, Harrison J An introduction to mammals of Singapore and Malaya. Malayan Nature Society, Singapore. 32. Hemmer H Gestation period and postnatal development in felids. In The world s cats vol 3. Eaton R. L. (Ed.). Carnivore Research Institute, Univ. Washington, Seattle, pp Heptner V. H On the systematic position of the Amur forest cat and some other east Asian cats placed in Felis bengalensis Kerr, Zool. Zhurn. 51(11). (In Russian) 34. Heptner V. H. & Sludskii A. A Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea). Vyssha Shkola, Moscow (in Russian). Engl. transl. edited by Hoffmann R.S., Smithsonian Inst. and the Natl. Science Fndn., Washington DC, Inoue T The food habit of the Tsushima leopard cat, Felis bengalensis spp., analyzed from their scats. J. Mammal. Soc. Jap. 5, Izawa M., Doi T. & Ono Y. Social system of the Iriomote cat 1 p. 37. Izawa M Prionailurus bengalensis ssp. iriomotensis. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version Available from: (last accessed on: ). 38. Izawa M., Doi T., Nakanishi N. & Teranishi A Ecology and conservation of two endangered subspecies of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) on Japanese islands. Biol Conserv 142, Izawa M., Sakaguchi N. & Doi T Recent conservation programs for the Iriomote cat Felis iriomotensis. Tropics 10(1), Izawa M An annual breeding events of the female Iriomote cats Felis iriomotensis 14 p. 41. Izawa M., Doi T. & Ono Y Ecological study on the two species of Felidae in Japan. In Wildlife conservation: present trends and perspectives for the 21 st century. Maruyama N. et al. (Eds). Proc. V Int. Congr. Ecol., Yokohama. 42. Johns A.D Timber, the environment and wildlife in Malaysian rain forests. Final report to Institute of South-East Asian Biology, Univ. Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. 2

3 43. Johnson K. A. & Jinping Y The leopard cat in China: Ecology and management for sustainable utilization 68 p. 44. Johnson K. A. & Fuller T. K The leopard cat (Felis bengalensis) in China: ecology and management for sustainable utilization. Unpubl. project proposal. 45. Johnson K. A., Yu J.-P., Wang Y.-X., Wang S. & Fuller T. K. 1993a. The leopard cat (Felis bengalensis) in China: ecology and management for sustainable utilization. Unpubl. progress report, no Jones M. L Record keeping and longevity of felids in captivity. In The world s cats Vol 3: contributions to breeding, behavior, management and husbandry. Eaton R.L., (Ed.) Carnivore Res. Inst., Univ. Washington, Seattle, pp Lekagul B. & McNeely J. A Mammals of Thailand. Association for the Conservation of Wildlife, Bangkok. 48. Leyhausen P. & Pfleiderer M The systematic status of the Iriomote cat (Prionailurus iriomotensis Imaizumi 1967) and the subspecies of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr 1792). J Zool Syst Evol Research 37, Leyhausen P Cat behavior: the predatory and social behavior of domestic and wild cats. Garland, New York. Engl. transl. B.A. Tonkin. 50. Lorica R Prionailurus bengalensis ssp. rabori. In IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version Available from: (last accessed on: ). 51. Lorica M. R. P. & Oliver W. L. R Distribution and habitat utilization of the Visayan leopard cat Prionailurus bengatrensis rabori. Banwa 3(1&2), Lu Houji & Sheng Helin The status and population fluctuation of the leopard cat in China. In Miller S. D. & Everett D. D. (Eds). Cats of the world: biology, conservation, and management. National Wildlife Federation, Washington D.C., pp Lynam A. J., Jenks K. E., Tantipisanuh N., Chutipong W., Ngoprasert D., Gale G.A., Steinmetz R., Sukmasuang R., Bhumpakphan N., Grassman L. I. Jr., Cutter P., Kitamura S., Reed D.H., Baker M.C., McShea W., Songsasen N. & Leimgruber P Terrestrial activity patterns of wild cats from camera-trapping. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61, Masuda R. & Yoshida M. C Two Japanese Wildcats, the Tsushima Cat and the Iriomote Cat, Show the Same Mitochondrial DNA Lineage as the Leopard Cat Felis bengalensis. Zoological Science 12, McCarthy J. L., Wibisonobo H. T., McCarthy K.P., Fuller T. K. & Andayani N Assessing the distribution and habitat use of four felid species in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Global Ecology and Conservation 3, Medway G The wild mammals of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia) and offshore islands including Singapore, 2d edn. Oxford Univ. Press, Kuala Lumpur. 57. Mohamed A., Samejima H. & Wilting A Records of five Bornean cat species from Deramakot Forest Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia. Cat News 51, Mohamed A., Sollmann R., Bernard H., Ambu L.N., Lagan P., Mannan S., Hofer H., Wilting A Density and habitat use of the leopard cat (Prionailururs bengalensis) in three commercial forest reserves in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Mammalogy 94(1), Mukherjee S., Krishnan A., Tamma K., Home C., Navya R., Joseph S., Das A. & Ramakrishnan U Ecology Driving Genetic Variation: A Comparative Phylogeography of Jungle cat (Felis chaus) and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in India. Plos One 5,

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