Leopardus garleppi
(Matschie, 1912)
Northern Colocolo
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Feloidea |
Family | : Felidae |
Subfamily | : Felinae |
Genus | : Leopardus |
Species status
Authority citation
Matschie, P. 1912-04. Über _Felis jacobita_, colocola und zwei ihnen ähnliche Katzen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912(4):255-259.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43604307Original name as described
Felis (Lynchailurus) pajeros garleppi
Other common names
Northern Pampas Cat · Garlepp's Colocolo · Garlepp's Pampas Cat
Type material
ZMB 21244 (= ZMB A. 387. 11. 1)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Cuzco, region of Apurímac, SE Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia? · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Chile · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
split from L. pajeros (and from L. colocola after being lumped)
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
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