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
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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.