Pantanal Cat

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Pantanal Cat[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Leopardus
Species: L. braccatus
Binomial name
Leopardus braccatus
Cope, 1889

The Pantanal Cat (Leopardus braccatus) is a small feline of Brazil and northern Argentina. Until recently it was considered a subspecies of the Colocolo.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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, 537-538. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.