Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 283

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Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:42.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Argentina and S. Brazil to Peru, north to Oaxaca ( Mexico) to S. Texas and N.C. Arizona, N. Baja California ( Mexico), S. California, and S.W. and C. New Mexico ( U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Type locality subsequently fixed by Thomas, 1911. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911:135. Frequently exhibits melanism (AHS).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007002003001.