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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Felidae
--> SUBFAMILY Felinae
--> GENUS Leopardus
SPECIES Leopardus jacobitus
| Author: | Cornalia, 1865. | | Citation: | Mem. Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., 1: 5. | | Common Name: | Andean Mountain Cat | | 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, SW Bolivia, NE Chile, S Peru. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I as Oreailurus jacobitus; U. S. ESA – Endangered as Felis jacobitus; IUCN – Endangered as Oreailurus jacobita (sic). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Garcia-Perea (2002), Yensen and Seymour (2000), and Gray (1867b). Placed in Oreailurus by Cabrera (1940), Weigel (1961), and Hemmer (1978). Later, Cabrera (1958) reconsidered Oreailurus as a subgenus of Felis. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
colocolo (Philippi, 1869)
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