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The oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), also known as the northern tiger cat, little spotted cat, and tigrillo, is a small spotted cat ranging from Central America to central Brazil. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List , and the population is threatened by deforestation and conversion of habitat to agricultural land.
The generic name Leopardus was proposed by John Edward Gray in 1842, when he described two spotted cat skins from Central America and two from India in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. [8] Several genera were proposed in the 19th and early 20th centuries for small spotted cats in the Americas, including:
The Pantanal cat (Leopardus colocola braccatus) is a Pampas cat subspecies, a small wild cat native to South America. [1] It is named after the Pantanal wetlands in central South America, where it inhabits mainly grassland , shrubland , savannas and deciduous forests.
He recognized it as being a different species and, when other authorities on South American cats could not identify it, spent the next two decades researching the skin. [2] The final paper was published in June of 2023. [1] The red tigrina is classified as a member of the genus Leopardus, the small spotted cats of South America. [1]
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.
The genus Leopardus was proposed in 1842 by John Edward Gray, when he described two spotted cat skins from Central America and two from India in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. [8] The subgenus Oncifelis was proposed in 1851 by Nikolai Severtzov with the Geoffroy's cat as type species.
The margay is very similar to the larger ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in appearance, although the head is a little shorter, the eyes larger, and the tail and legs longer.It weighs from 2.6 to 4 kg (5.7 to 8.8 lb), with a body length of 48 to 79 cm (19 to 31 in) and a tail length of 33 to 51 cm (13 to 20 in).
The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi; / ˌ dʒ æ ɡ w ə ˈ r ʌ n d i / or / ˌ ʒ æ ɡ w ə ˈ r ʌ n d i /) is a wild cat native to the Americas.Its range extends from central Argentina in the south to northern Mexico, through Central and South America east of the Andes.