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Leopardus tigrinus  (Schreber, 1775)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621868

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): little spotted cat [English]
  
    tiger cat [English]
  
    Oncilla [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderFeliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyFelidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – cats  
                                        SubfamilyFelinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817  
                                           GenusLeopardus Gray, 1842 – American spotted cats  
                                              SpeciesLeopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) – little spotted cat, tiger cat, Oncilla  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Leopardus tigrinus oncilla (Thomas, 1903)  
                                                 Subspecies Leopardus tigrinus pardinoides (Gray, 1867)  
                                                 Subspecies Leopardus tigrinus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Leopardus tigrinus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Leopardus tigrinus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Trigo, T. C., A. Schneider, T. G. de Oliveira, L. M. Lehugeur, L. Silveira, T. R. O. Freitas, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular data reveal complex hybridization and a cryptic species of Neotropical wild cat   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Current Biology, vol. 23, issue 24   
  Page(s): 2528-2533   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0960-9822   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.046 ; Available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213013213   
  Reference for: Leopardus tigrinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Leopardus tigrinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leopardus tigrinus, Oncilla [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Leopardus tigrinus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Near Threatened  
    Comments: Placed in Leopardus by J. A. Allen (1919b), Weigel (1961), and Kratochvíl (1982c); placed in Oncifelis (with guigna and geoffroyi) by Hemmer (1978). L. tigrinus shares a derived chromosomal number with pardalis and wiedii (Wurster-Hill, 1973). Includes Felis pardinoides after Cabrera (1958); however, see J. A. Allen (1919b) and Weigel (1961) who considered pardinoides as distinct, but closely related to tigrinus. Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1941c), Cabrera (1957), and Hall (1981)  
 

 

    

 
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