Garlepp's pampas cat

Garlepp's Pampas Cat
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Leopardus
Species:	L. colocola
Subspecies:	L. c. garleppi
Trinomial name
Leopardus colocola garleppi (Matschie, 1912)
Synonyms
synonyms of L. garleppi Felis (Lynchailurus) pajeros garleppiMatschie, 1912 Felis pajeros thomasiLönnberg, 1913 Felis pajeros garleppiLönnberg, 1913 Lynchailurus pajeros thomasiAllen, 1919 Lynchailurus pajeros garleppiAllen, 1919 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo garleppiPearson, 1951 Lynchaylurus pajeros pajerosYepes, 1936 Lynchailurus colocolus garleppiCabrera, 1940 Lynchailurus colocolus thomasiCabrera, 1940 Lynchailurus pajeros budiniPocock, 1941 Lynchailurus pajeros steinbachiPocock, 1941 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo crespoiCabrera, 1957 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo budiniCabrera, 1958 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo crespoiCabrera, 1958 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo thomasiCabrera, 1958 Felis colocola budiniXiménez, 1961 Felis colocola crespoiXiménez, 1961 Felis colocola garleppiXiménez, 1961 Felis colocola thomasiXiménez, 1961 Lynchailurus colocolo wolffsohniGarcía-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros budiniGarcía-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros crespoiGarcía-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros garleppiGarcía-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros steinbachiGarcía-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros thomasiGarcía-Perea, 1994 Leopardus colocolo wolffsohniWozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros budiniWozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros garleppiWozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros steinbachiWozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros thomasiWozencraft, 2005

Garlepp's pampas cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the pampas cat. It has more recently been classified as a full species (Leopardus garleppi) within a pampas cat species complex. Garlepp's pampas cat is native to the central-western mountainous area of South America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Characteristics

Leopardus garleppi is a small wild cat with a brownish-grey forehead, orange speckles on the nape and crown, a dark brownish-grey stripe on the spine with some orange hairs sprinkled in, pale brownish-grey or yellowish-brown background color on the body with obvious rosettes of reddish-brown with an orangish-brown interior, and reddish-brown rings on the tail. ^[1]

Distribution and habitat

Garlepp's pampas cat lives in the Andes Mountains from Colombia to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. ^[1]

References

1. Nascimento, Fabio Oliveira Do; Cheng, Jilong; Feijó, Anderson (2021-01-09). "Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (2): 575–611. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa043 . ISSN   0024-4082.
2. "Garlepp's Pampas Cat (Leopardus garleppi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
3. "Leopardus garleppi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 8 December 2023.