Leopardus pardinoides

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Clouded 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

Gray, J.E. 1867-10. Notes on certain species of cats in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):394-405.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533840

Original name as described

Felis pardinoides

Other common names

Clouded Tiger-cat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.185

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India. Restricted to Bogotá, Colombia by J. E. Gray (1874).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from L. tigrinus

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006848

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 pardinoides

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.185

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

400

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533840

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1869:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  2. Matschie (1898:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  3. Lönnberg (1913:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15431)
  4. Goodwin (1946:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Felis geoffroyi

(D. G. Elliot, 1872)

Family

Felidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611569

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Felis pardinoides andina

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Felidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1877.4.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29992992

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg (1913:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15431)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis pardinoides oncilla

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Felidae

Root name

oncilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.7.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29992991

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Felis carrikeri

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Family

Felidae

Root name

carrikeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-19211

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-19211

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Felis pardinoides emerita

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Family

Felidae

Root name

emeritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.7.5.3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640115

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Margay caucensis

(J. A. Allen, 1915)

Family

Felidae

Root name

caucensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14187

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14187

Authority page

631

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62720002

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Margay tigrina elenae

(J. A. Allen, 1915)

Family

Felidae

Root name

elenae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-37788

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-37788

Authority page

631

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62720002

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Margay tigrina wiedi

(J. A. Allen, 1916)

Family

Felidae

Root name

wiedi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Herpailurus pardinoides

(Pocock, 1917)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611365

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Pocock (1917:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69453)

Oncilla pardinoides andina

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Oncilla caucensis

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

caucensis

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 pardinoides elenæ

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

elenae

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 pardinoides emerita

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

emeritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Oncilla pardinoides oncilla

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

oncilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Oncilla pardinoides

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Oncilla pardinoides pardinoides

(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1919:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16030)

Leopardus tigrinus oncilla

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

oncilla

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 tigrinus pardinoides

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

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 pardinoides

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Felidae

Root name

pardinoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006848

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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