Pampas Cat

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Pampas Cat[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Leopardus
Species: L. pajeros
Binomial name
Leopardus pajeros
(Desmarest, 1816)

The Pampas Cat (Leopardus pajeros) is a small feline from the Pampas area of Argentina and Chile.[1] Until recently it was considered a subspecies of the Colocolo.[1]

[edit] Subspecies

The following are subspecies of the Pampas Cat:[1]

  • Leopardus pajeros pajeros
  • Leopardus pajeros budini, Argentina
  • Leopardus pajeros garieppi, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
  • Leopardus pajeros steinbachi
  • Leopardus pajeros thomasi, Ecuador

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  1. ^ a b c d Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 538-539. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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