Authority citation: Boddaert, P. 1772. Kortbegrip van het zamenstel der natuur. Eerste deel. Eerste stuk. J. van Schoonhoven, Utrecht, 95 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563409
Original name as described: Felis Uncia
Nominal names: uncia (Boddaert, 1772) | irbis (Ehrenberg, 1831) | uncioides (Horsfield, 1855) [nomen nudum] | schneideri (Zukowsky, 1950) | unicoides Stroganov, 1962 [incorrect subsequent spelling | nomen nudum] | baikalensisromanii (Medvedev, 2000) | tautavelensis A. Testu, Moigne, & de Lumley, 2010 [nomen nudum] | pyrenaica Hemmer, 2023 | lusitana Jiangzuo Qigao, Madurell-Malapeira, X. Li, Estraviz-López, Mateus, A. Testu, Li Shijie, Wang Shiqi, & Deng Tao, 2025
Other common names: Ounce
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Felidae -- Subfamily: Pantherinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: untraced (number not known)
Type locality: Kopet-Dagh Mountains, near Iran.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Afghanistan (AFG) | Bhutan (BTN) | China (CHN) | India (IND) | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Mongolia (MNG) | Nepal (NPL) | Pakistan (PAK) | Russia (RUS) | Tajikistan (TJK) | Uzbekistan (UZB)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
Species-specific notes: moved from Uncia to Panthera
Citation: Davis, B. W., Li, G., & Murphy, W. J. (2010). Supermatrix and species tree methods resolve phylogenetic relationships within the big cats, Panthera (Carnivora: Felidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56, 64-76.
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