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Leopardus is a genus comprising eight species of small cats native to the Americas. [3] This genus is considered the oldest branch of a genetic lineage of small cats in the Americas whose common ancestor crossed the Bering land bridge from Asia to North America in the late Miocene .
The English name "leopard" comes from Old French leupart or Middle French liepart, that derives from Latin leopardus and ancient Greek λέοπάρδος (leopardos). Leopardos could be a compound of λέων (leōn), meaning ' lion ', and πάρδος (pardos), meaning ' spotted '.
Felis leopardus var. melanotica by Albert Günther in 1885 from the Cape of Good Hope, Southern Africa; Felis leopardus suahelicus by Oscar Neumann in 1900 from the Tanganyika territory; Felis leopardus nanopardus by Oldfield Thomas in 1904 from Italian Somaliland; Felis pardus ruwenzorii by Lorenzo Camerano in 1906 from the Ruwenzori and ...
The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,500 individuals are thought to exist in the wild. [2] It is traditionally considered a sacred animal by indigenous Aymara and Quechua people. [3]
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches 40–50 cm (16–20 in) at the shoulders and weighs between 7 and 15.5 kg (15 and 34 lb) on average. It is native to the southwestern United States , Mexico , Central and South America , and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita .
Genus Leopardus – Gray, 1842 – eight species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population [a] Andean mountain cat. L. jacobita (Cornalia, 1865) Andes mountains: Size: 57–65 cm (22–26 in) long, 41–48 cm (16–19 in) tail [23] Habitat: Rocky areas, shrubland, and grassland [24]
Panthera pardus tulliana, also called Persian leopard, Anatolian leopard, and Caucasian leopard in different parts of its range, is a leopard subspecies that was first described in 1856 based on a zoological specimen found in western Anatolia.
The Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is the smallest leopard subspecies.It was described in 1830 and is native to the Arabian Peninsula, where it was widely distributed in rugged hilly and montane terrain until the late 1970s.