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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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorials
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:11:57
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:11:57
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Leopardus pardalis (140474)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Leopardus pardalis (71325)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Leopardus pardalis (211638)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Felis pardalis (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Leopardus pardalis (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Leopardus pardalis (71332 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Leopardus pardalis (71313 212251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Leopardus pardalis (136420)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Felis pardalis (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Felis pardalis (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Felis pardalis (21686)