Leopardus geoffroyi

Leopardus geoffroyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 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: 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)

• Eponymy: in honour of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844) who studied the cat and identified five subspecies.

Synonyms

• Felis geoffroyi d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844: 40 (Original combination)
• Oncifelis geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)

References

Primary references

• D'Orbigny, A. & Gervais, P. 1844. Mammalogie: Nouvelle espèce de Felis. Extraits des procès-verbaux des séances, Société philomathique de Paris 9: 40−41. BHL Reference page. 
• Nascimento, F.O. do 2014. On the morphological variation and taxonomy of the Geoffroy's cat Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844) (Carnivora, Felidae) . Papéis avulsos de zoologia 54(11): 129–160. DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.11 . Reference page. 

Links

• 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

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

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