Oreailurus jacobita (Cornalia, 1865) . Mem. Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., 1:3.

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" .

DISTRIBUTION: NW Argentina, SE Bolivia, NE Chile, S Peru.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare.

COMMENTS: Placed in Oreailurus by Cabrera (1940), Weigel (1961), and Hemmer (1978). Later, Cabrera (1958:297) reconsidered Oreailurus as a subgenus of Felis .