Leopardus geoffroyi d'Orbigny and Gervais 1844

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 : 538

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Leopardus geoffroyi d'Orbigny and Gervais 1844 , Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1844: 40.

Type Locality: "des rives du Rio Negro, en Patagonie".

Vernacular Names: Geoffroy's Cat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Leopardus geoffroyi subsp. geoffroyi d'Orbigny and Gervais 1844

Subspecies Leopardus geoffroyi subsp. euxanthus Pocock 1940

Subspecies Leopardus geoffroyi subsp. leucobaptus Pocock 1940

Subspecies Leopardus geoffroyi subsp. paraguae Pocock 1940

Subspecies Leopardus geoffroyi subsp. salinarum Thomas 1903

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Oncifelis geoffroyi ; IUCN – Near Threatened as Oncifelis geoffroyi .

Discussion: Subspecies allocated according to Cabrera (1958). Revised by Pocock (1940 c) and reviewed by Ximenez (1975). Placed in Oncifelis by J. A. Allen (1919 a), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Král and Zima (1980), and Kratochvíl (1982 c). Ximeñez (1975) followed Cabrera (1957), and placed geoffroyi in Felis (Leopardus) . Includes F. pardoides ( Cabrera, 1957) .