Pampas cat

Pampas cat
	Pampas cat with the third pelage type
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Leopardus
Species:	L. colocola
Binomial name
	Leopardus colocola; (Molina, 1782)
Subspecies
	L. c. colocola (Molina, 1782); L. c. pajeros (Desmarest, 1816); L. c. braccatus (Cope, 1889); L. c. garleppi (Matschie, 1912); L. c. budini (Pocock, 1941); L. c. munoai (Ximénez, 1961); L. c. wolffsohni (Garcia-Perea, 1994);
	Distribution of the Pampas cat, 2016

The Pampas cat (Leopardus colocola) is a small wild cat native to South America.^[1] It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List as habitat conversion and destruction may cause the population to decline in the future.^[2]

It is named after the Pampas, but occurs in grassland, shrubland, and dry forest at elevations up to 5,000 m (16,000 ft).^[3]

There was a proposal to divide the Pampas cat into three distinct species, based primarily on differences in pelage colour/pattern and cranial measurements.^[3] Accordingly, three species were recognised in the 2005 edition of Mammal Species of the World: the colocolo (L. colocolo), the Pantanal cat (L. braccatus), and the Pampas cat (L. pajeros) with a more restricted definition.^[4] This split at species level was not supported by subsequent phylogeographic analysis, although some geographical substructure was recognised,^[5]^[6] and some authorities continue to recognise the Pampas cat as a single species.^[2]^[7] In the 2017 revision of felid taxonomy by the Cat Specialist Group, the Pampas cat is recognized as a single species with seven subspecies.^[1] An analysis of 142 skins collected across South America revealed morphological differences between these museum specimens. It was therefore proposed to recognize five distinct species within the Pampas cat complex.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kitchener, A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; Gentry, A.; Werdelin, L.; Wilting, A.; Yamaguchi, N.; Abramov, A. V.; Christiansen, P.; Driscoll, C.; Duckworth, J. W.; Johnson, W.; Luo, S.-J.; Meijaard, E.; O'Donoghue, P.; Sanderson, J.; Seymour, K.; Bruford, M.; Groves, C.; Hoffmann, M.; Nowell, K.; Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. (2017). "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group" (PDF). Cat News (Special Issue 11): 51–54.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lucherini, M.; Eizirik, E.; de Oliveira, T.; Pereira, J.; Williams, R.S.R. (2016). "Leopardus colocolo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15309A97204446. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Garcia-Perea, R. (1994). "The Pampas cat group (Genus Lynchailurus Severertzov 1858) (Carnivora: Felidae): A systematic and biogeographic review" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3096): 1–35.
^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 538–539. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Johnson, W. E.; Slattery, J. P.; Eizirik, E.; Kim, J. H.; Menotti Raymond, M.; Bonacic, C.; Cambre, R.; Crawshaw, P.; Nunes, A.; Seuánez, H. N.; Martins Moreira, M. A. (1999). "Disparate phylogeographic patterns of molecular genetic variation in four closely related South American small cat species". Molecular Ecology. 8 (12 Suppl 1): S79–94. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00796.x. PMID 10703553. S2CID 34990824.
^ Macdonald, D.; Loveridge, A., eds. (2010). The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923445-5.
^ Sunquist, M. E.; Sunquist, F. C. (2009). "Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)". In Wilson, D. E.; Mittermeier, R. A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 1. Barcelona: Lynx Ediciones. p. 146. ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1.
^ Nascimento, F.O.D.; Cheng, J. & Feijó, A. (2021). "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.

[catsg-1] Kitchener, A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; Gentry, A.; Werdelin, L.; Wilting, A.; Yamaguchi, N.; Abramov, A. V.; Christiansen, P.; Driscoll, C.; Duckworth, J. W.; Johnson, W.; Luo, S.-J.; Meijaard, E.; O'Donoghue, P.; Sanderson, J.; Seymour, K.; Bruford, M.; Groves, C.; Hoffmann, M.; Nowell, K.; Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. (2017). "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group" (PDF). Cat News (Special Issue 11): 51–54.

[iucn-2] Lucherini, M.; Eizirik, E.; de Oliveira, T.; Pereira, J.; Williams, R.S.R. (2016). "Leopardus colocolo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15309A97204446. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[Garcia-Perea1994-3] Garcia-Perea, R. (1994). "The Pampas cat group (Genus Lynchailurus Severertzov 1858) (Carnivora: Felidae): A systematic and biogeographic review" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3096): 1–35.

[msw3-4] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 538–539. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[genetics-5] Johnson, W. E.; Slattery, J. P.; Eizirik, E.; Kim, J. H.; Menotti Raymond, M.; Bonacic, C.; Cambre, R.; Crawshaw, P.; Nunes, A.; Seuánez, H. N.; Martins Moreira, M. A. (1999). "Disparate phylogeographic patterns of molecular genetic variation in four closely related South American small cat species". Molecular Ecology. 8 (12 Suppl 1): S79–94. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00796.x. PMID 10703553. S2CID 34990824.

[felids2010-6] Macdonald, D.; Loveridge, A., eds. (2010). The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923445-5.

[HMW-7] Sunquist, M. E.; Sunquist, F. C. (2009). "Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)". In Wilson, D. E.; Mittermeier, R. A. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 1. Barcelona: Lynx Ediciones. p. 146. ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1.

[Nascimento-8] Nascimento, F.O.D.; Cheng, J. & Feijó, A. (2021). "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.

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Pampas cat

Pampas cat with the third pelage type
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Leopardus
Species:	L. colocola^[1]
Binomial name
*Leopardus colocola^[1]* (Molina, 1782)
Subspecies
L. c. colocola (Molina, 1782) L. c. pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) L. c. braccatus (Cope, 1889) L. c. garleppi (Matschie, 1912) L. c. budini (Pocock, 1941) L. c. munoai (Ximénez, 1961) L. c. wolffsohni (Garcia-Perea, 1994)

Distribution of the Pampas cat, 2016^[2]