Leopardus pardinoides
(J. E. Gray, 1867)
Clouded Oncilla
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Feliformia |
| Infraorder | : Aeluroidea |
| Superfamily | : Feloidea |
| Family | : Felidae |
| Subfamily | : Felinae |
| Genus | : Leopardus |
| Subgenus | : Margay |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1867-10. Notes on certain species of cats in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):394-405.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533840Original name as described
Felis pardinoides
Other common names
Clouded Tiger-cat · Nariño Cat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.185
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
India. Restricted to Bogotá, Colombia by J. E. Gray (1874).
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Costa Rica · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
split from L. tigrinus and includes the recently described narinensis, although there is ongoing discussion in the literature about whether narinensis should be considered a distinct species or not
Taxonomy notes citation
de Oliveira, T. G., Fox-Rosales, L. A., Ramírez-Fernández, J. D., Cepeda-Duque, J. C., Zug, R., Sanchez-Lalinde, C., ... & Rodrigues, F. H. (2024). Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats’ hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2395. · Ruiz-García, M., Pinedo-Castro, M., & Shostell, J. M. (2023). Morphological and Genetics Support for a Hitherto Undescribed Spotted Cat Species (Genus Leopardus; Felidae, Carnivora) from the Southern Colombian Andes. Genes, 14(6), 1266. · Astorquiza, J. M., Noguera-Urbano, E. A., Cabrera-Ojeda, C., Cepeda-Quilindo, B., González-Maya, J. F., Eizirik, E., ... & Ramírez-Chaves, H. E. (2023). Distribution of the northern pampas cat, Leopardus garleppi, in northern South America, confirmation of its presence in Colombia and genetic analysis of a controversial record from the country. Mammalia, 87(6), 606-614. · Marín-Puerta, S., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Santacruz, P. P., & Ramírez-Chaves, H. E. (2025). Leopardus narinensis Ruiz-García, Pinedo-Castro & Shostell, 2023 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) is a junior synonym of Leopardus pardinoides (Gray, 1867): the need for good practices in nomenclatural and taxonomic proposals. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1297-1307. · Ruiz-García, M., Vega, J., Pinedo-Castro, M., & Shostell, J. M. (2025). The Nariño Cat, the Tigrinas and Their Problematic Systematics and Phylogeography: The Real Story. Animals, 15(13), 1891.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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