Leopardus guttulus

(Hensel, 1872)

Atlantic Forest Oncilla

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

Authority citation

Hensel, R. 1872. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugethiere Süd-Brasiliens. Buchdrückerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 130 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561867

Original name as described

Felis guttula

Other common names

Southern Tigrina · Southern Tiger Cat · Atlantic Forest Tiger Cat · Southern Oncilla

Type material

ZMB 21229, ZMB 21231

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from L. tigrinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Trigo, T.C., Schneider, A., de Oliveira,T.G., Lehugeur, L.M., Silveira, L., Freitas, T.R.O. and Eizirik, E. 2013a. Molecular data reveal complex hybridization and a cryptic species of Neotropical wild cat. Current Biology 23(24): 2528-2533. · Kitchener A. C., Breitenmoser-Würsten Ch., Eizirik E., Gentry A., Werdelin L., Wilting A., Yamaguchi N., Abramov A. V., Christiansen P., Driscoll C., Duckworth J. W., Johnson W., Luo S.-J., Meijaard E., O'Donoghue P., Sanderson J., Seymour K., Bruford M., Groves C., Hoffmann M., Nowell K., Timmons Z. & Tobe S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11, 80 pp. · 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. · de Oliveira, T. G., Fox-Rosales, L. A., Ramírez-Fernández, J. D., Cepeda-Duque, J. C., Zug, R., Sanchez-Lalinde, C., ... & Rodrigues, F. H. (2024). Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats’ hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2395.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005998

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 guigna

(Hensel, 1872)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guigna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561868

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Felis guttula

(Hensel, 1872)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 21229, ZMB 21231

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561867

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Hensel (1872:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37365)

Felis guttata

(Lydekker, 1896)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

145

Authority publication

London

Felis tigrina guttula

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434901

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Felis (Oncoïdes) mitis

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mitis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147044

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis pardinoides

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29992990

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Oncilla guttula

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Oncilla guttula guttula

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Leopardus tigrinus guttulus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Leopardus guttulus

do Nascimento & Feijó, 2017

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia

Name usages

  1. Nascimento & Feijó (2017:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59234)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54010476/54010576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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