Synonymy

• Felis aurata Temminck, 1827: 120 [​protonym​]
• Felis celidogaster Temminck, 1827: 140
• Felis chrysothrix Temminck, 1827: 251
• Felis chrysothrix cottoni Lydekker, 1906: 992 [syn. Pocock, 1907: 656]
• Felis neglecta Gray, 1838: 27
• Felis rutilus Waterhouse, 1842: 130
• Profelis aurata
• Profelis aurata cottoni
• Profelis celidogaster

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J. 1827. Monographies de mammalogie, ou Description de quelques genres de mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Vol. I. Paris: G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne. hdl: 2027/chi.57128935 Reference page. 

• Gray, J.E. 1838. On some new Species of Quadupeds and Shells. Annals of Natural History 1: 27–30. BHL Reference page. 

• Lydekker, R. 1906. Descriptions of Two Mammals from the Ituri Forest. [With a Supplementary Note on the Buffalo of the Semliki District.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 992–996. BHL Reference page. 

• Pocock, R.I. 1907. Notes upon some African Species of the Genus Felis, based upon specimens recently exhibited in the Society's Gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 656–677. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1907.tb06950.x BHL Reference page. 

• Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Profelis aurata in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Caracal aurata (Temminck, 1827) (Vulnerable)