Leopardus wiedii (Schinz 1821)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 539

Leopardus wiedii (Schinz 1821)

[Felis] wiedii Schinz 1821 , in: G. Cuvier, Das Thierreich, Vol. 1: 235.

Type Locality: " Brasilien ", restricted by J. A. Allen (1919 b:357) to "northern Espirito Santo, Brazil ", and further restricted by Cabrera (1957:290), to " Brasil, restringida al Morro de Arará, sobre el rio Mucurí, estado de Baía " .

Vernacular Names: Margay.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. wiedii Schinz 1821

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. amazonicus Cabrera 1917

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. boliviae Pocock 1941

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. cooperi Goldman 1943

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. glauculus Thomas 1903

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. nicaraguae J. A. Allen 1919

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. oaxacensis Nelson and Goldman 1931

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. pirrensis Goldman 1914

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. salvinius Pocock 1941

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. vigens Thomas 1904

Subspecies Leopardus wiedii subsp. yucatanicus Nelson and Goldman 1931

Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA (Texas), Uruguay, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered (from Mexico southward); IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: Placed in Leopardus by Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvíl (1982 c). Allen (1919 b) and Weigel (1961) suggested that wiedii (in part) may be conspecific with tigrinus ; however, Hemmer (1978) considered differences between wiedii and tigrinus to warrant generic distinction. Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1941 d), Cabrera (1957), Hall (1981), and Oliveira (1998 a).