Authority citation: Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.
Authority publication link: https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635
Original name as described: Felis Colocola
Nominal names: colocola (G. I. Molina, 1782) | colocolla (Gruvel, 1789) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | colorolla (Bechstein, 1799) [unjustified emendation] | corololo (G. K. Shaw, 1800) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | colocolo (G. I. Molina, 1808) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | colorola (I. von Olfers, 1818) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | colocollo (J. B. Fischer, 1829) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | colicollo (J. A. Wagner, 1841) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | albescens (Fitzinger, 1869) [nomen novum | preoccupied] | colocolus (Cabrera, 1940) [unjustified emendation] | huina (Pocock, 1941) | huinus Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: Central Chilean Pampas Cat|Grass Cat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Felidae -- Subfamily: Felinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:391852
Type locality: Province of Valparaiso, Chile.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Chile (CHL)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: previously included L. braccatus, L. garleppi, L. munoai, and L. pajeros; L. braccatus and L. pajeros were initially considered distinct species, although later authors lumped them together; most recent molecular and morphological studies separated the colocola complex into the five species listed here
Citation: Cossíos D., Lucherini M., Ruiz-García M. & Angers B. 2009. Influence of ancient glacial periods on the Andean fauna: the case of the pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 68.|Nascimento, F. O. D., Cheng, J., & Feijó, A. (2020). Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.|Lescroart, J., Bonilla-Sánchez, A., Napolitano, C., Buitrago-Torres, D. L., Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Pulido-Santacruz, P., ... & Eizirik, E. (2023). Extensive phylogenomic discordance and the complex evolutionary history of the Neotropical cat genus Leopardus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(12), msad255.
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