出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2010/08/28 16:14 UTC 版)
The Visayan Leopard Cat is a recently described subspecies on the basis of morphological analysis , although genetic analysis in progress is necessary to confirm its taxonomic distinction. It is included here provisionally; the West Visayan faunal region (the Philippine islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu) is separated from the Sunda shelf islands (including the Philippine island of Palawan) by deep water channels. It is likely to have undergone a long period of isolation and the region shows a high degree of endemism in mammals.