Leopardus

Leopardus is a genus o eig species o smaw, felines foond in Americae. They are tropically forest-dwellin. Some species are cats o Americae feed mainly on leopard an ither pantherine.

Leopardus Temporal range: Pleistocene-Recent2.5–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
ocelot (L. pardalis), oncilla (L. tigrinus), Pampas cat (L. colocola), kodkod (L. guigna), margay (L. wiedii), Geoffroy's cat (L. geoffroyi)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Faimily:	Felidae
Subfaimily:	Felinae
Genus:	Leopardus Gray, 1842
Teep species
Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842
Leopardus distribution

Species

• Leopardus colocolo (Molina, 1782) – Colocolo
• Leopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889) – Pantanal Cat
• Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) – Pampas Cat
• Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844) – Geoffroy's cat
• Leopardus guigna (Molina, 1782) – Kodkod
• Leopardus jacobitus (Cornalia, 1865) – Andean Mountain cat
• Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ocelot
• Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) – Oncilla
• Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821) – Margay