Leopardus braccatus

(Cope, 1889)

Pantanal Cat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Leopardus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cope, E.D. 1889-02. On the Mammalia obtained by the Naturalist Exploring Expedition to southern Brazil. The American Naturalist 23(266):128-150.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41650914

Original name as described

Felis braccata

Other common names

Brazilian Pampas Cat · Brazilian Colocolo

Type material

AMNH MO-354

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-354

Type locality

State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Bolivia · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from L. colocola after being transferred back into the species

Taxonomy notes citation

Cossíos D., Lucherini M., Ruiz-García M. & Angers B. 2009. Influence of ancient glacial periods on the Andean fauna: the case of the pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 68. · Nascimento, F. O. D., Cheng, J., & Feijó, A. (2020). Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. · Lescroart, J., Bonilla-Sánchez, A., Napolitano, C., Buitrago-Torres, D. L., Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., ... & Eizirik, E. (2023). Extensive phylogenomic discordance and the complex evolutionary history of the Neotropical cat genus Leopardus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(12), msad255.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005992

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis braccata

(Cope, 1889)

Family

Felidae

Root name

braccatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-354

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-354

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41650914

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Leopardus braccatus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

braccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Leopardus braccatus braccatus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

braccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Leopardus colocolo braccatus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

braccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis (Lynchailurus) colocola neumeyeri

(Matschie, 1912)

Family

Felidae

Root name

neumeyeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Felis melas

(Bertoni, 1914)

Family

Felidae

Root name

melas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

75

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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