Leopardus Gray, 1842 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:260.

TYPE SPECIES: Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842 (= Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758), by subsequent designation by Pocock (19166:316).

SYNONYMS: Margay Gray, 1867; Ondila Allen, 1919; Oncoides Severtzov, 1858; Pardalis Gray, 1867 .

COMMENTS: Revised by Allen (1919a) and Pocock (19416). Considered at the subgeneric level by Cabrera (1958), who also included Oncifelis geoffroyi and O. guigna (but not O. colocolo). Hemmer (1978) placed tigrinus in Oncifelis .