Garlepp's pampas cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the pampas cat. It has more recently been classified as a full species (Leopardus garleppi) within a pampas cat species complex. Garlepp's pampas cat is native to the central-western mountainous area of South America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Leopardus |
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| Subspecies: | L. c. garleppi
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| Leopardus colocola garleppi (Matschie, 1912)
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synonyms of L. garleppi
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Characteristics
editLeopardus garleppi is a small wild cat with a brownish-grey forehead, orange speckles on the nape and crown, a dark brownish-grey stripe on the spine with some orange hairs sprinkled in, pale brownish-grey or yellowish-brown background color on the body with obvious rosettes of reddish-brown with an orangish-brown interior, and reddish-brown rings on the tail.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editGarlepp's pampas cat lives in the Andes Mountains from Ecuador to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Nascimento, Fabio Oliveira Do; Cheng, Jilong; Feijó, Anderson (2021-01-09). "Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (2): 575–611. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa043. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ "Garlepp's Pampas Cat (Leopardus garleppi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Leopardus garleppi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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