Leopardus jacobitus Cornalia 1865

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Leopardus jacobitus Cornalia 1865

Leopardus jacobitus Cornalia 1865 , Mem. Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., 1: 5.

Type Locality: " Bolivia, circa Potosi et Humacuaca in montibus sat elevatis"; further clarified by Cabrera (1958:297): as "Sur del departamento boliviano de Potosi, cerca de la frontera argentina, entre Potosi y Humahuaca".

Vernacular Names: Andean Mountain Cat.

Synonyms: Leopardus colocolo (Philippi 1869) .

Distribution: NW Argentina, SW Bolivia, NE Chile, S Peru.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Oreailurus jacobitus ; U. S. ESA – Endangered as Felis jacobitus ; IUCN – Endangered as Oreailurus jacobita (sic).

Discussion: Reviewed by Garcia-Perea (2002), Yensen and Seymour (2000), and Gray (1867 b). Placed in Oreailurus by Cabrera (1940), Weigel (1961), and Hemmer (1978). Later, Cabrera (1958) reconsidered Oreailurus as a subgenus of Felis .