Leopardus tigrinus Schreber 1775 (oncilla)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Felis tigrina

Synonym: Felis pardinoides Gray 1867

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

See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Gray 1867 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

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

Subtaxa: Felis pardinoides oncilla

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Distribution: found only at Lajedo de Soledade, Apodi (Quaternary of Brazil)

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