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    Catopuma

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    Source-identified Catopuma temminckii; documentary image Framed for display
    Asian Golden Cat · otomops · CC BY 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassMammalia
    6. OrderCarnivora
    7. FamilyFelidae
    8. GenusCatopuma
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Deuterostomia clade
    8. Chordata phylum
    9. Craniata subphylum
    10. Vertebrata clade
    11. Gnathostomata clade
    12. Teleostomi clade
    13. Euteleostomi clade
    14. Sarcopterygii superclass
    15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
    16. Tetrapoda clade
    17. Amniota clade
    18. Mammalia class
    19. Theria clade
    20. Eutheria clade
    21. Boreoeutheria clade
    22. Laurasiatheria superorder
    23. Carnivora order
    24. Feliformia suborder
    25. Felidae family
    26. Felinae subfamily
    27. Catopuma genus

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    2 published profiles in this branch.

    Catopuma badia · speciesCatopuma temminckii · species

    Living species · MDD v2.5 · 28 July 2026

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    2 living species in 1 genera in this dated checklist; 2 have public profiles here.

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    Catopuma 2 species

    Checklist attribution: Mammal Diversity Database (2026), version 2.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Only living species are included; subspecies and extinct species are outside this checklist.

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    Published profiles

    Source-identified Catopuma temminckii; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Catopuma

    Asian Golden Cat

    Catopuma temminckii

    The Asian golden cat is a medium-sized forest felid with variable coloration. Its name should not be taken to mean that every …

    Source-identified Catopuma badia; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Catopuma

    Bay Cat

    Catopuma badia

    The bay cat is a rarely observed forest cat of Borneo. Because information remains limited, confident claims about its population or detailed …

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