Leopard cats

Leopard cats
Ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis )
Systematics
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria Order : Predators (Carnivora) Subordination : Feline (Feliformia) Family : Cats (Felidae) Subfamily : Small cats (Felinae) Genre : Leopard cats
Scientific name
Leopardus
Gray , 1842

The leopard cats ( Leopardus ) are a genus of predatory animals of the small cats (Felinae). The scientific name Leopardus is inspired by the leopard , which is not closely related to the leopard cats and belongs to the genus Panthera of the big cats .

Pardel cats are rather small representatives of the cats, they are characterized by a gray or yellow-brown fur with black spots. All species are in America home.

Systematics

Small cats	Manul  ( Otocolobus manul )     Old cats ( Prionailurus )     Real cats ( Felis )     Cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus )     Pumas ( Puma )     Lynx ( Lynx )     Leopard cats ( leopardus )     Caracal     Serval ( Leptailurus serval )     Asiatic golden cats ( Catopuma )     Marble cat ( Pardofelis marmorata )

Relationships of small cats according to O'Brien & Johnson 2008.

The following species are counted among the pardle cats:

• Pantanal Pampas Cat ( Leopardus braccatus )
• Colocolo ( Leopardus colocolo )
• Eastern ocelot cat ( Leopardus emiliae )
• Garlepp's Pampas Cat ( Leopardus garleppi )
• Spotted cat ( Leopardus geoffroyi )
• Chilean Forest Cat ( Leopardus guigna )
• Southern tiger cat ( Leopardus guttulus )
• Mountain or Andean cat ( Leopardus jacobita )
• Muñoa pampas cat ( Leopardus munoai )
• Southern Pampas Cat ( Leopardus pajeros )
• Ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis )
• Northern tiger cat ( Leopardus tigrinus )
• Long-tailed cat ( Leopardus wiedii )

In many classifications, the leopard cats are divided into three genera, Leopardus , Oncifelis and Oreailurus . It has long been known that these three genera form a monophyletic group, which is sometimes referred to as the “ocelot group” after the most famous representative. The most recent systematics such as Wilson & Reeder (2005) finally combine the three genres into a single genre.

literature

• Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
• DE Wilson and DM Reeder: Mammal Species of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen J. O'Brien, Warren E. Johnson: The New Pedigree of Cats. In: Spectrum of Science. 6/2008, pp. 54-61.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Fabio Oliveira do Nascimento, Jilong Cheng and Anderson Feijó (2020). Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, XX, 1-37, doi: 10.1093 / zoolinnean / zlaa043
3. ↑ Fabio Oliveira do Nascimento & Anderson Feijó: Taxonomic revision of The Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) species group (carnivora, felidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia - Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Volume 57 (19): 231-264, 2017, ISSN  0031-1049 PDF
4. ↑ Tatiane C. Trigo, Alexsandra Schneider, Tadeu G. de Oliveira, Livia M. Lehugeur, Leandro Silveira, Thales RO Freitas & Eduardo Eizirik: Molecular Data Reveal Complex Hybridization and a Cryptic Species of Neotropical Wild Cat . Current Biology (2013), doi: 10.1016 / j.cub.2013.10.046

Web links

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