Leopardus colocola

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Central Chilean Colocolo

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

Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.

Authority publication link

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635

Original name as described

Felis Colocola

Other common names

Central Chilean Pampas Cat · Grass Cat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:391852

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d963a8ba-c293-428c-8d88-917dc94972d6

Type locality

Province of Valparaiso, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. braccatus, L. garleppi, L. munoai, and L. pajeros; L. braccatus and L. pajeros were initially considered distinct species, although later authors lumped them together; most recent molecular and morphological studies separated the colocola complex into the five species listed here

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/1005993

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.

Lynchailurus pajeros huina

(Pocock, 1941)

Family

Felidae

Root name

huina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.11.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

261

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Felis Colocola

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:391852

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d963a8ba-c293-428c-8d88-917dc94972d6

Authority page

295, 341

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

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

Panthera maracaya albescens

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Felidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:391852

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d963a8ba-c293-428c-8d88-917dc94972d6

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354586

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Leopardus colocolo

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocolo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15309/97204446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leopardus colocolo colocolo

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocolo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

huinus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

huinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

538

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Leopardus colocola

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #15309

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

felis colocolla

(Gruvel, 1789)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocolla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

275

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Lesson (1827:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Felis Colorolla

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colorolla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

679

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833544

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis Corololo

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Felidae

Root name

corololo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632453

Authority publication

London

Felis colocolo

(G. I. Molina, 1808)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocolo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

206-207

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Lahille (1899:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Felis Colorola

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colorola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

231

Authority publication

book

Felis Colocollo

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocollo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Felis Colicollo

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colicollo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

548

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31063177

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Felis colocolla

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocolla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533712

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Lynchailurus colocolus colocolus

(Cabrera, 1940)

Family

Felidae

Root name

colocolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Notas del Museo de La Plata

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