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Leopardus pardalis (ocelot)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis pardalis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leopardus pardalis by Ewer (1973), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Felis pardalis Linnaeus p. 42
1911Felis pardalis Thomas p. 136
1973Leopardus pardalis Ewer
1980Felis pardalis Kurten and Anderson p. 195
2006Leopardus pardalis Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Leopardus pardalis Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusLeopardusGray 1842
speciespardalis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Leopardus pardalis Linnaeus 1758 [ocelot]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available