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    Prionailurus planiceps

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    Source-identified Prionailurus planiceps; documentary image Framed for display
    Flat-headed Cat · Thibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassMammalia
    6. OrderCarnivora
    7. FamilyFelidae
    8. GenusPrionailurus
    9. SpeciesPrionailurus planiceps
    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. Prionailurus genus
    28. Prionailurus planiceps species

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

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    No direct child records in this snapshot.

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Prionailurus planiceps; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Prionailurus

    Flat-headed Cat

    Prionailurus planiceps

    The flat-headed cat is a small Southeast Asian felid associated with freshwater environments. Its unusual head shape and wetland feeding ecology set …

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