Leopardus
Appearance
Leopardus | |
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ocelot (L. pardalis), oncilla (L. tigrinus), Pampas cat (L. colocola), kodkod (L. guigna), margay (L. wiedii), Geoffroy's cat (L. geoffroyi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Faimily: | Felidae |
Subfaimily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Leopardus Gray, 1842 |
Teep species | |
Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842
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Leopardus distribution |
Leopardus is a genus o eig species o smaw, felines foond in Americae. They are tropically forest-dwellin. Some species are cats o Americae feed mainly on leopard an ither pantherine.
Species
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Leopardus colocolo (Molina, 1782) – Colocolo
- Leopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889) – Pantanal Cat
- Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) – Pampas Cat
- Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844) – Geoffroy's cat
- Leopardus guigna (Molina, 1782) – Kodkod
- Leopardus jacobitus (Cornalia, 1865) – Andean Mountain cat
- Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ocelot
- Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) – Oncilla
- Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821) – Margay