Leopardus guigna
(G. I. Molina, 1782)
Kodkod
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Feliformia |
| Infraorder | : Aeluroidea |
| Superfamily | : Feloidea |
| Family | : Felidae |
| Subfamily | : Felinae |
| Genus | : Leopardus |
| Subgenus | : Oncifelis |
Species status
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/1/9635Original name as described
Felis Guigna
Other common names
Guigna
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Valdivia, Chile.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Chile · Argentina
Taxonomy notes citation
Lescroart, J., Bonilla-Sánchez, A., Napolitano, C., Buitrago-Torres, D.L., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., Murphy, W.J., Svardal, H. and Eizirik, E. 2023. Extensive phylogenomic discordance and the complex evolutionary history of the Neotropical cat genus Leopardus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40(12):msad255. doi:10.1093/molbev/msad255
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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