Taxonavigation

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Species: Leopardus geoffroyi
Subspecies: L. g. euxantha – L. g. geoffroyi – L. g. leucobapta – L. g. paraguae – L. g. salinarum

Name

Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)

Etymology: named after the 19th century French zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844). Following his travels to South America in the early 19th century, Saint-Hilaire studied the cat while a professor of zoology in Paris, and identified five subspecies, based on geographic dispersement.

References

• Leopardus geoffroyi in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

Vernacular names

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