Leopardus tigrinus
(von Schreber, 1775)
Savanna Oncilla
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Feliformia |
| Infraorder | : Aeluroidea |
| Superfamily | : Feloidea |
| Family | : Felidae |
| Subfamily | : Felinae |
| Genus | : Leopardus |
| Subgenus | : Margay |
Species status
Authority citation
Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1775. pl. 106. P. pl. 106 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064634Original name as described
Felis tigrina
Other common names
Little Tiger Cat · Little Spotted Cat · Northern Tigrina · Northern Oncilla · Savanna Tiger Cat · Snethlage's Tigrina · Eastern Tigrina · Eastern Oncilla
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Cayenne, French Guiana.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Bolivia? · Paraguay?
Taxonomy notes
previously included L. pardinoides (although sometimes still refered to as a subspecies of L. tigrinus) and L. guttulus; the name emiliae has been considered a distinct species, but recent work has desmonstrated that this name represents true L. tigrinus
Taxonomy notes citation
Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, C., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C.A., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-j., Meijaard, E., O'Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C.P., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. and Tobe, S.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 11:1-80. a#35407 · 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 · Oliveira, T.G. de, Fox-Rosales, L.A., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Cepeda-Duque, J.C., Zug, R., Sanchez-Lalinde, C., Oliveira, M.J.R., Marinho, P.H.D., Bonilla-Sánchez, A., Marques, M.C., Cassaro, K., Moreno, R., Rumiz, D., Peters, F.B., Ortega, J., Cavalcanti, G., Mooring, M.S., Blankenship, S.R., Brenes-Mora, E., Dias, D., Mazim, F.D., Eizirik, E., Diehl, J.L., Marques, R.V., Ribeiro, A.C.C., Cruz, R.A., Pasa, E., Meira, L.P.C., Pereira, A., Ferreira, G.B., de Pinho, F.F., Sena, L.M.M., de Morais, V.R., Ribeiro Luiz, M., Moura, V.E.C., Favarini, M.O., Leal, K.P.G., Wagner, P.G.C., dos Santos, M.C., Sanderson, J., Araújo, E.P. and Rodrigues, F.H.G. 2024. Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats' hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species. Scientific Reports 14(1):2395. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52379-8 · Bonilla-Sánchez, A., Sartor, C.C., Fox-Rosales, L.A., Feijó, J.A., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Brenes-Mora, E., Mooring, M.S., Blankenship, S.R., Sánchez-Lalinde, C., Nascimento, F.O. do, Zug, R., Oliveira, M.J., Dantas Marinho, P.H., Braga Ferreira, G., Solari, S., Oliveira, T.G. de and Eizirik, E. 2024. Ecological niche modeling of the Leopardus tigrinus complex sheds light on its elusive evolutionary history. Journal of Mammalogy 105(5):953-964. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae074
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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