Leopardus tigrinus

(von Schreber, 1775)

Savanna 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

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, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064634

Original 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 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 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/1006003

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 emiliae

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Felidae

Root name

emiliae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.12.18.3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818585

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Felis tigrina

(von Schreber, 1775)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigrinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064634

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  5. Lesson (1827:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  7. Lesson (1842:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  8. True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  9. Ihering (1911:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Felis tigrinus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Leopardus tigrinus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  4. Nascimento & Feijó (2017:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59234)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54012637/50653881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leopardus tigrinus tigrinus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigrinus

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 emiliae

do Nascimento & Feijó, 2017

Family

Felidae

Root name

emiliae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia

Name usages

  1. Nascimento & Feijó (2017:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59234)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Felis margay

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Felidae

Root name

margay

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217670

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

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

Felis Ligrina

(Brongniart, 1792)

Family

Felidae

Root name

ligrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494949

Authority publication

Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris

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