Leopardus jacobita Cornalia 1865 (Andean mountain cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Felis jacobita

Belongs to Leopardus according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006

See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017

Sister taxa: Leopardus braccatus, Leopardus colocolo, Leopardus geoffroyi, Leopardus guigna, Leopardus guttulus, Leopardus pardalis, Leopardus tigrinus, Leopardus vorohuensis, Leopardus wiedii

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leopardus jacobita in the database

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