Pantanal cat

Pantanal cat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Species:
Subspecies:
L. c. braccatus
Trinomial name
Leopardus colocola braccatus
Cope, 1889
Synonyms

Leopardus braccatus

The Pantanal cat (Leopardus colocola braccatus) is a Pampas cat subspecies, a small wild cat native to South America.[1] It is named after the Pantanal wetlands in central South America, where it inhabits mainly grassland, shrubland, savannas and deciduous forests.[2]

  1. ^ Cat Specialist Group (2017). "Revised taxonomy of the Felidae. Ocelot lineage". Cat News (Special Issue 11): 76.
  2. ^ 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.

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