Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 291-292

Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:42.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America", restricted to " Mexico ", by Thomas (1911a:136), further restricted by Allen (1919a: 345) to "State of Vera Cruz" .

DISTRIBUTION: N Argentinia, Belize, E Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, E Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, USA (Arizona and Texas), Uruguay, Venezuela.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: aequatorialis Mearns, 1902; albescens Pucheran, 1855 ; armillatus F. Cuvier, 1832; brasiliensis Schinz, 1844 ; buffoni Brass, 1911; canescens Swainson, 1838 ; chati Gray, 1827; chibigouazou Gray, 1827; chibiguazu Fischer, 1830; costaricensis Mearns, 1902 ; griffithii Fischer, 1830 ; griseus Gray, 1842 ; hamiltoni Fischer, 1830; limitis Mearns, 1901 ; ludoviciana Brass, 1911; maracaya Wagner, 1841; maripensis J. A. Allen, 1904; mearnsi J. A. Allen, 1904 ; melanura Ball, 1844; mexicana Kerr, 1792 ; minimus Wilson, 1860 ; mitis F. Cuvier, 1820 ; nelsoni Goldman, 1925 ; ocelot Link, 1795 ; pseudopardalis Boitard, 1842 ; pusaea Thomas, 1914; sanctaemartae J. A. Allen, 1904; smithii Swainson, 1838 ; sonoriensis Goldman, 1925; steinbachi Pocock, 1941; tumatumari J. A. Allen, 1915.

COMMENTS: Placed in Leopardus by Allen (1919a:345), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), and Kratochvfl (1982c).