Authority citation

Larrañaga, D.A. 1923. Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. Tomo II. Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Montevideo, 512 pp.

Original name as described

Felis fasciatus

Other common names

Uruguayan Pampas Cat · Muñoa's Pampas Cat · Muñoa's Colocolo

Type material

MNHNU 2432

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

no locality given. Restricted by Martínez-Lanfranco and González in 2022 to "Estancia San Cristóbal, Arroyo Limetas, Conchillas, Department of Colonia, Uruguay (-34° 9' 54" S, -58° 5' 49 W)" through the designation of a neotype.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Uruguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from L. braccatus (and from L. colocola after being lumped); previously known under the name munoai, but the name fasciatus (previously a synonym of L. pajeros) appears to represent the oldest name for this 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. · Martínez-Lanfranco, J. A., & González, E. M. (2022). The oldest available name for the pampas cat of the Uruguayan Savannah ecoregion is Leopardus fasciatus (Larrañaga 1923). Therya, 13(3), 259-264. · 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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