Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Felinae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Albright et al. 2019, Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Salles et al. 2006, Wilson and Reeder 1993 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Acinonyx, Caracal, Catopuma, Felini, Felis, Herpailurus, Leptailurus, Leptofelis, Lynx, Miopanthera, Miracinonyx, Neofelis, Otocolobus, Panthera, Pardofelis, Pratifelis, Prionailurus, Pristifelis, Puma, Sivapanthera, Styriofelis
Subtaxa: Leopardus braccatus Leopardus colocolo Leopardus geoffroyi Leopardus guigna Leopardus guttulus Leopardus jacobita Leopardus pardalis Leopardus tigrinus Leopardus vorohuensis Leopardus wiedii
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (9), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (9: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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