Leopardus geoffroyi

Oncifelis geoffroyi (Geoffroy's Cat)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Cladus: Choanobionta Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Euteleostomi Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Species: Leopardus geoffroyi
Subspecies: L. g. euxantha – L. g. geoffroyi – L. g. leucobapta – L. g. paraguae – L. g. salinarum

Name

Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)

Etymology: named after the 19th century French zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844). Following his travels to South America in the early 19th century, Saint-Hilaire studied the cat while a professor of zoology in Paris, and identified five subspecies, based on geographic dispersement.

Synonyms

• Oncifelis geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)

References

• Leopardus geoffroyi 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.
• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

Vernacular names

brezhoneg: Kazh Geoffroy
български: Котка на Жофроа
čeština: Kočka slaništní
Deutsch: Kleinfleckkatze
English: Geoffroy's Cat
español: Gato Montés Argentino o de Geoffroy
français: Chat de Geoffroy
Nederlands: Geoffroykat
日本語: ジョフロイネコ
norsk bokmål: Nattkatt
polski: Kot argentyński
português: Gato-do-mato-grande
русский: Дикий кот Жоффруа
suomi: Vuorikissa
svenska: Geoffroys katt
Türkçe: Geoffroy kedisi

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