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Leopardus is a genus of small spotted cats mostly native to Middle and South America. Very few range into the southern United States. The genus is considered the oldest branch of the part of the cat family to cross into the Americas, followed by the genera Lynx and Puma. (The jaguar is the other extant cat native to the Americas.) The largest species in Leopardus is the ocelot; most of the other species resemble domestic housecats in size, with the kodkod (L. guigna) being the smallest cat in the Americas. The margay (L. wiedii) is more highly adapted to arboreal life than any other cat in the Americas.
Despite the name, leopards are members of genus Panthera, not Leopardus.
There has been some revision of this branch of Felidae in recent years. Leopardus was previously regarded as a subgenus of the genus Felis. The Pantanal and Pampas cats were previously considered subspecies of the colocolo.
Genetic studies indicate the genus Leopardus forms a distinct clade within the feline subfamily, and first evolved in South America around 10 to 12e million years ago (Mya). Within the genus, two distinct evolutionary lineages appear to exist; one leading to the ocelot, margay, and Andean mountain cat, and the other leading to the remaining species.
Margay (Leopardus wiedii) * Family: Felidae, * Genus: Leopardus, * Species: L. wiedii, * Phylum: Chordata, * Class: Mammalia, * Order: Carnivora, * Type: Mammal, * Diet: Carnivore, * Average lifespan in the wild: 13-18 years, * Size: 48 to 79 centimetres (19 to 31 in), and a tail length of 33 to 51 centimetres (13 to 20 in), * Weight: 2.6 to 4 kilograms (5.7 to 8.8 lb), ** Margay, also known as the Long Tailed Spotted Cat, is similar in appearance to the Ocelot - its body however is smaller. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margay or http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/44.shtml
Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) * Family: Felidae, * Genus: Leopardus, * Species: L. jacobitus, * Class: Mammalia, * Type: Mammal, * Diet: Carnivore, * Size: Body length: 60-75cm, Tail length: 35-45cm, * Shoulder height: unknown, * Weight: (kg) - 3-7, * Average lifespan in the wild: 16 years * Zoological name: Oreailurus jacobita, * Distribution: This species can be found from south Peru to north Chile. ** Also known as the Andean Highland Cat or Mountain Cat, little is known of this small felid. The mountain cat is to be found in the high regions of Bolivia, Peru and Chile, ranging from the dry scrublands lower down the mountains up to beyond the tree line at around 16,000 feet. More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean...
Oncilla or tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus) Scientific name: Leopardus tigrinus Higher classification: Leopardus, Rank: Species, Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Carnivora, Family: Felidae, Genus: Leopardus, Species: L. tigrinus, Size: It grows to 38 to 59 centimetres (15 to 23 in) long, plus a 20 to 42 centimetres (7.9 to 16.5 in) tail. Weight: 1.5 to 3 kilograms (3.3 to 6.6 lb) Diet: Carnivore, Lifespan: no data, ** The oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), also known as the little spotted cat, tigrillo, or tiger cat, is a small spotted cat native to montane and tropical rainforests of Central and South America. It is active during the night and in twilight, but has also been recorded during the day. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncilla
Leopardus tigrinus, also known as the little spotted cat, tigrillo, or tiger cat, is a small spotted cat native to montane and tropical rainforests of Central and South America. It is active during the night and in twilight, but has also been recorded during the day.
While we were waiting for the condor, another animal appeared that we only spotted by accident and even then didn't actually realize what we were seeing. We thought it might be just an ordinary domestic cat with unusual markings, so we weren't very excited, but when I got back home after the trip and looked around on Google to see what it might be - I know, I could have done it while we were there, but there was so much going on all the time that it just slipped my mind :-) - it turned out that it was actually something pretty exciting, namely a Pampas cat, Leopardus pajeros. It's an animal about which not much is known, since there haven't been much work done by way of field studies. Apparently we were quite lucky to get to see it. But since we didn't know that at the time, I only have th...
Cachorros de gato montés (Leopardus geoffroyi) en pastizales de la Pampa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (más precisamente en partido de Chascomús). Los encontré a pocos metros de un camino de tierra y tenían un gran tala como guarida. Se los veía en excelente estado de salud a los 4 cachorros. Debajo del tala había muchos restos de su comida: plumas de perdices, de palomas, de patos, una rata colorada y muchos huesos de distintos animales. Creo que pude acercarme a escasos centímetros de uno de ellos porque estaba encandilado con la luz del flash de la cámara.
Guiña identificada en los alrededores de la Ciudad de Concepción, VIII Región.
I-I-I-I've been thinking 'bout floodbank levies
We've been talking 'bout floodmark risin'
Next time you go screechin' 'bout float-feed
I'll take steps to make you think again
Six past seven and I'm in sunshine
Smilin' at pigeons, scratchin' my chest
Some days nobody goes to work
They all come laughin' - picnic in my head
And when you look for me, I'll have taken your leopard skin
Sell it to some nightclub king who thinks he's St. Francis
Birds hangin' off his head
You've been sayin' that I don't make sense
Tellin' me you can't cope with my birdsong
You've been dishing out so much doublespeak
Spittin' out nonsense for months too long
And when you look for me, I'll have taken your leopard skin
Sell it to some nightclub king who thinks he's St. Francis
Birds hangin' off his head
Don't you feel that in some time future
Next week, last week - Over Number 88
Just when we can talk to each other
Delay the new ball and make this leopard spin
Make this leopard spin