Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter 193269 10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) . 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.