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Leopardus Gray 1842

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Description

Leopardus Gray, 1842. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:260.

TYPE SPECIES: Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842 (= Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758), by subsequent designation by Pocock (19166:316).

SYNONYMS: Margay Gray, 1867; Ondila Allen, 1919; Oncoides Severtzov, 1858; Pardalis Gray, 1867.

COMMENTS: Revised by Allen (1919a) and Pocock (19416). Considered at the subgeneric level by Cabrera (1958), who also included Oncifelis geoffroyi and O. guigna (but not O. colocolo). Hemmer (1978) placed tigrinus in Oncifelis.

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 291, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Felidae
Genus
Leopardus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Leopardus Gray, 1842 sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Gray (Tarsipes Spenserae and Chaeropus castanotis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [ser. 1], 9: 39 - 42.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Severtzov, N. 1858. Notice sur la classification multiseriale des carnivores, specialement des Felides, et les etudes de zoologie generale qui s'y rattachent. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, Pure et Appliquee (2), 241 - 246, 385 - 393, 9: 387 - 391, 433 - 439; 10: 3 - 8, 145 - 150, 193 - 196.
  • Allen, J. A. 1919 a. Notes on the synonymy and nomenclature of the smaller spotted cats of tropical America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 41 (7): 341 - 419.
  • Cabrera, A. 1958. Dos felidos argentinos ineditos (Mammalia, Carnivora). Neotropica, 3 (12): 70 - 72.
  • Hemmer, H. 1978. The evolutionary systematics of living Felidae: Present status and current problems. Carnivore, 1 (1): 71 - 79.