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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 leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant cat species in the genus Panthera.It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes.Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of 92–183 cm (36–72 in) with a 66–102 cm (26–40 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 60–70 cm (24–28 in).
The Pampas cat is a little bigger than a domestic cat and has a bushier tail. [9] Its size varies between regions, ranging in body length from 46 to 75 cm (18 to 30 in) with a 23–29 cm (9.1–11.4 in) long tail.
The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa.It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa, but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion.
Prionailurus was first proposed by the Russian explorer and naturalist Nikolai Severtzov in 1858 as a generic name for a single felid occurring in tropical Asia, namely Felis pardachrous described by Brian Houghton Hodgson — the leopard cat.
[9] [10] The kodkod was subordinated to Leopardus in 1958, [11] and to Oncifelis in 1978. [12] Today, the genus Leopardus is widely recognized as valid, with two kodkod subspecies: [13] L. g. guigna (Molina, 1782) occurs in southern Chile and Argentina; L. g. tigrillo (Schinz, 1844) occurs in central and northern Chile
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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.