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.[1][2][3]

Garlepp's Pampas 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. 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

Characteristics

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  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.