Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus 1758)

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 pardalis (Linnaeus 1758)

[Felis] pardalis Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 42.

Type Locality: "America", restricted to " Mexico ", by Thomas (1911 a:136), further restricted by J. A. Allen (1919 b:345) to "State of Vera Cruz" .

Vernacular Names: Ocelot.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. pardalis Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. aequatorialis Mearns 1903

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. albescens Pucheran 1855

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. melanurus Ball 1844

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. mitis F. G. Cuvier 1820

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. nelsoni Goldman 1925

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. pseudopardalis Boitard 1842

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. pusaeus Thomas 1914

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. sonoriensis Goldman 1925

Subspecies Leopardus pardalis subsp. steinbachi Pocock 1941

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

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U. S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered as L. p. albescens , otherwise Least Concern.

Discussion: Placed in Leopardus by J. A. Allen (1919 b), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvíl (1982 c). Reviewed by Murray and Gardner (1997). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1958 b), Hall (1981), and Murray and Gardner (1997).