Garlepp's pampas cat

Garlepp's Pampas Cat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Leopardus
Species:	L. colocola
Subspecies:	L. c. garleppi
Trinomial name
	Leopardus colocola garleppi; (Matschie, 1912)
Synonyms
	synonyms of L. garleppi Felis (Lynchailurus) pajeros garleppi Matschie, 1912 ; Felis pajeros thomasi Lönnberg, 1913 ; Felis pajeros garleppi Lönnberg, 1913 ; Lynchailurus pajeros thomasi Allen, 1919 ; Lynchailurus pajeros garleppi Allen, 1919 ; Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo garleppi Pearson, 1951 ; Lynchaylurus pajeros pajeros Yepes, 1936 ; Lynchailurus colocolus garleppi Cabrera, 1940 ; Lynchailurus colocolus thomasi Cabrera, 1940 ; Lynchailurus pajeros budini Pocock, 1941 ; Lynchailurus pajeros steinbachi Pocock, 1941 ; Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo crespoi Cabrera, 1957 ; Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo budini Cabrera, 1958 ; Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo crespoi Cabrera, 1958 ; Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo thomasi Cabrera, 1958 ; Felis colocola budini Ximénez, 1961 ; Felis colocola crespoi Ximénez, 1961 ; Felis colocola garleppi Ximénez, 1961 ; Felis colocola thomasi Ximénez, 1961 ; Lynchailurus colocolo wolffsohni García-Perea, 1994 ; Lynchailurus pajeros budini García-Perea, 1994 ; Lynchailurus pajeros crespoi García-Perea, 1994 ; Lynchailurus pajeros garleppi García-Perea, 1994 ; Lynchailurus pajeros steinbachi García-Perea, 1994 ; Lynchailurus pajeros thomasi García-Perea, 1994 ; Leopardus colocolo wolffsohni Wozencraft, 2005 ; Leopardus pajeros budini Wozencraft, 2005 ; Leopardus pajeros garleppi Wozencraft, 2005 ; Leopardus pajeros steinbachi Wozencraft, 2005 ; Leopardus pajeros thomasi Wozencraft, 2005 ;

Garlepp's pampas cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the pampas cat. It has more recently been classified as a full species (Leopardus garleppi) within a pampas cat species complex. Garlepp's pampas cat is native to the central-western mountainous area of South America.¹²³

Characteristics

Leopardus garleppi is a small wild cat with a brownish-grey forehead, orange speckles on the nape and crown, a dark brownish-grey stripe on the spine with some orange hairs sprinkled in, pale brownish-grey or yellowish-brown background color on the body with obvious rosettes of reddish-brown with an orangish-brown interior, and reddish-brown rings on the tail.¹

Distribution and habitat

Garlepp's pampas cat lives in the Andes Mountains from Colombia to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.¹

References

Nascimento, Fabio Oliveira Do; Cheng, Jilong; Feijó, Anderson (2021-01-09). "Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (2): 575–611. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa043. ISSN 0024-4082.
"Garlepp's Pampas Cat (Leopardus garleppi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
"Leopardus garleppi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

[Nascimento2021-1] Nascimento, Fabio Oliveira Do; Cheng, Jilong; Feijó, Anderson (2021-01-09). "Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (2): 575–611. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa043. ISSN 0024-4082.

[inaturalist-Leopardus_garleppi-2] "Garlepp's Pampas Cat (Leopardus garleppi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

[3] "Leopardus garleppi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

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