Leopardus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Species (10): L. braccatus – L. colocolo – L. geoffroyi – L. guigna – L. guttulus – L. jacobita – L. narinensis – L. pajeros – L. pardalis – L. tigrinus – L. wiedii

Name

Leopardus J. E. Gray, 1842

Type species: Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842 (= Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Dendrailurus Severtzov, 1858 (Type species: Felis strigilata Wagner, 1841)
Lynchailurus Severtzov, 1858 (Type species: Felis pajeros Desmarest, 1816)
Noctifelis Severtzov, 1858 (Type species: Felis guigna Molina, 1782)
Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858 (Type species: Felis geoffroyi d’Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)
Oncoides Severtzov, 1858 (Type species: Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758)
Margay Gray, 1867 (Type species: Felis macroura Wied-Neuwied, 1823 (= Felis wiedii Schinz, 1821)
Pajeros Gray, 1867 (Type species: Pajeros pampanus J. E. Gray, 1867 = Felis pajeros Desmarest, 1816)
Pardalina Gray, 1867 (Type species: Pardalina warwickii J. E. Gray, 1867 (= Felis geoffroyi d’Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)
Pardalis Gray, 1867 (Type species: Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758)
Oncilla Allen, 1919 (Type species: Felis pardinoides oncilla Thomas, 1903)
Mungofelis Antonius, 1933 (Type species: Felis braccata Cope, 1889)
Oreailurus Cabrera, 1940 (Type species: Felis jacobita Cornalia, 1865)
Colocolo Pocock, 1941 (Type species: Felis colocola: Pocock, 1941 = Felis jacobita Cornalia, 1865)
Montifelis Schwangart, 1941 (Type species: Felis colocola Molina, 1782)
Pseudolynx Schwangart, 1941 (Type species: Lynchailurus (Pseudolynx) kriegi Schwangart, 1941)

References

Primary references

J. E. Gray, 1842. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10: 260.
N. Severtzov, 1858. Notice sur la classification multisériale des Carnivores, spécialement des Félidés, et les études de zoologie générale qui s'y rattachent. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2 Série, 10: 385–393.
J. E. Gray, 1867. Notes on the Skulls of the Cats (Felidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1867: 258–277.
J. J. Allen, 1919. Notes on the synonymy and nomenclature of the smaller spotted cats of tropical America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 41: 358.
W. von O. Antonius, 1933. Über Felis braccata Cope und andere Schönbrunner Kleinkatzen. Der Zoologische Garten, 6: 13.
A. Cabrera, 1940. Notas sobre carnivoros sudamericanos. Notas del Museo de La Plata Zoologia, 5 (29): 16.
R. I. Pocock, 1941. The examples of the Colocolo and of the pampas cat in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series, 7: 269.
F. Schwangart, 1941. Südamerikanische Busch-, Berg- und Steppenkatzen. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Neue Folge, 49: 1–44.

Additional references

A. L. Barstow, D. M. Leslie, Jr, 2012. Leopardus braccatus (Carnivora: Felidae). Mammalian Species, 44 (891): 16–25

Links

Leopardus 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.
Leopardus Gray, 1842 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Λεόπαρδος
English: American Spotted Cats
Esperanto: Leopardo
日本語: オセロット属
한국어: 호랑고양이속
polski: Ocelot
português: Leopardo
русский: Тигровая кошка
українська: Леопард