Sunda leopard cat

Sunda leopard cat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Prionailurus
Species:
P. javanensis
Binomial name
Prionailurus javanensis
(Desmarest, 1816)
Subspecies
  • P. j. javanensis (Desmarest, 1816)
  • P. j. sumatranus (Horsfield, 1821)
Distribution of Sunda leopard cat, 2015

The Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis) is a small wild cat species native to the Sundaland islands of Java, Bali, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines that is considered distinct from the leopard cat occurring in mainland South and Southeast Asia.