Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775)

Bezerra, Alexandra Maria Ramos & Bordallo, Samanta Uchôa, 2018, Neotropical felid specimens at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: species, distribution, and morphometric data, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-19 : 6

Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775)

Common names: Northern Tiger Cat (English), Gato-domato-pequeno (Brazilian Portuguese).

Localities: BRAZIL, 1 specimen ( Fig. 7 ): Rondônia: Costa Marques,BR 429:MPEG 42973 (unknown sex,skin) ( Fig.8 ).

Comments:

1) This is the only L.tigrinus specimen present in the MPEG’s mammal collection and, to our knowledge, is the first record for the Brazilian state of Rondônia, collected in lowland Open Ombrophylous Forest ( IBGE,1992);

2) The specimen have removed skin sample for molecular analysis by C.C. Sartor, in May 2017, for her doctoral dissertation developed at University Federal of Rio Grande do Sul;

3) Leopardus tigrinus (sensu lato) is considered as Endangered in Brazil (DOU,2014), globally Vulnerable due current trending of decreasing population ( IUCN, 2017), and included in CITES Appendix I (CITES, 2017). See comments for L. emiliae .

Figures

Figure 8. Representative of three comparable species of the genus Leopardus represented in the MPEG’s mammal collection, showing patterns of ground coat and markings:Left: Leopardus tigrinus (MPEG 42973, BR 429, Costa Marques, Rondônia, Brazil);middle: L. guttulus (MPEG 22183, BR 290, km 141 [= ’Rio Pardo’], Eldorado do Sul,Rio Grande do Sul state,Brazil);right:L.wiedii (MPEG,428,São João do Araguaia [São João],Rio Araguaia,Pará state,Brazil).Scale:10 cm.

Figure7.LocalityofLeopardustigrinusattheinMuseuParaenseEmilio Goeldi.