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Herpailurus yagouaroundi  (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1229748

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Felis yaguarondi Lacépède, 1809
  
    Felis yagouaroundi yagouaroundi É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
  
    Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli Berlandier, 1859
  
    Felis cacomitli Berlandier, 1859
  
    Felis apache Mearns, 1901
  
    Felis yagouaroundi tolteca Thomas, 1898
  
    Felis yagouaroundi fossata Mearns, 1901
  
    Felis fossata Mearns, 1901
  
    Felis panamensis J. A. Allen, 1904
  
    Herpailurus yaguarondi (Lacépède, 1809)
  
    Herpailurus yaguarondi cacomitli (Berlandier, 1859)
  
    Herpailurus yaguarondi fossata (Mearns, 1901)
  
    Herpailurus yaguarondi panamensis (J. A. Allen, 1904)
  
    Herpailurus yaguarondi tolteca (Thomas, 1898)
  
    Herpailurus yaguarondi yaguarondi (Lacépède, 1809)
  
    Felis yagouaroundi panamensis J. A. Allen, 1904
  
    Puma yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi ameghinoi (Holmberg, 1898)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli (Berlandier, 1859)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi eyra (G. Fischer, 1814)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi fossata (Mearns, 1901)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi melantho (Thomas, 1914)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi panamensis (J. A. Allen, 1904)
  
    Puma yagouaroundi tolteca (Thomas, 1898)
  
    Herpailurus yagouaroundi cacomitli (Berlandier, 1859)
  
    Herpailurus yagouaroundi fossata (Mearns, 1901)
  
    Herpailurus yagouaroundi panamensis (J. A. Allen, 1904)
  
    Herpailurus yagouaroundi tolteca (Thomas, 1898)
  
    Herpailurus yagouarondi yagouarondi (Lacépède, 1809)
  
    Felis yagouaroundi É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
  
  Common Name(s): Jaguarundi [English]
  
    Jaguarondi [French]
  
    Yaguarundi [Spanish]
  
    onza [Spanish]
  
    gato moro [Spanish]
  
    gato eyra [Spanish]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                           GenusHerpailurus Severtzov, 1858 – jaguarundis  
                                              SpeciesHerpailurus yagouaroundi (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) – Jaguarundi, Jaguarondi, Yaguarundi, onza, gato moro, gato eyra  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Opinion 2005 (Case 3022): Catalogue des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 59, no. 2   
  Page(s): 153-154   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34358261   
  Reference for: Herpailurus yagouaroundi   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11   
  Page(s): 1-80   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1027-2992   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Herpailurus yagouaroundi, gato eyra [Spanish], gato moro [Spanish], Jaguarondi [French], Jaguarundi [English], onza [Spanish], Yaguarundi [Spanish]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native & Extinct  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Various spellings of the epithet are attributed to various sources, but since a 2002 ruling (Opinion 2005, Case 3022), É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire's (1803:124) Felis yagouaroundi is the senior available name and the correct original spelling for this species  
 

 

    

 
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