Leopardus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Subgenera (5): L. (Leopardus) – L. (Lynchailurus) – L. (Margay) –
L. (Oncifelis) – L. (Oreailurus)
Species (12):
L. braccatus –
L. colocola –
L. fasciatus –
L. garleppi –
L. geoffroyi –
L. guigna –
L. guttulus –
L. jacobita –
L. pajeros –
L. pardalis –
L. pardinoides –
L. tigrinus –
L. wiedii
Name
[edit]Leopardus J. E. Gray, 1842
- Type species: Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842 (= Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
[edit]- Dendrailurus Severtzov, 1858
- Lynchailurus Severtzov, 1858
- Noctifelis Severtzov, 1858
- Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858
- Oncoides Severtzov, 1858
- Margay Gray, 1867
- Pajeros Gray, 1867
- Pardalina Gray, 1867
- Pardalis Gray, 1867
- Oncilla Allen, 1919
- Mungofelis Antonius, 1933
- Oreailurus Cabrera, 1940
- Colocolo Pocock, 1941
- Montifelis Schwangart, 1941
- Pseudolynx Schwangart, 1941
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- A. L. Barstow, D. M. Leslie, Jr, 2012. Leopardus braccatus (Carnivora: Felidae). Mammalian Species, 44 (891): 16–25
Links
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
