Living Beings
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Species · Leopardus
Geoffroy’s Cat
Leopardus geoffroyi
Geoffroy’s cat is a small spotted felid of southern South America. It uses a wider range of environments than a forest-only image …
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Classification in context
Lineage
- LifeLife
- DomainEukaryota
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyFelidae
- GenusLeopardus
Advanced classification
Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.
- cellular organisms cellular root
- Eukaryota domain
- Opisthokonta clade
- Metazoa kingdom
- Eumetazoa clade
- Bilateria clade
- Deuterostomia clade
- Chordata phylum
- Craniata subphylum
- Vertebrata clade
- Gnathostomata clade
- Teleostomi clade
- Euteleostomi clade
- Sarcopterygii superclass
- Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
- Tetrapoda clade
- Amniota clade
- Mammalia class
- Theria clade
- Eutheria clade
- Boreoeutheria clade
- Laurasiatheria superorder
- Carnivora order
- Feliformia suborder
- Felidae family
- Felinae subfamily
- Leopardus genus
NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗
Records in this collection
Principal members
5 published profiles in this branch.
Living species · MDD v2.5 · 28 July 2026
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13 living species in 1 genera in this dated checklist; 5 have public profiles here.
The main tree follows NCBI. MDD can recognize different species boundaries or spellings; these differences are shown below. A taxonomy record is not a completed natural-history article.
Leopardus 13 species
- Leopardus braccatusPantanal CatDifferent taxonomic treatment
Not mapped to an exact accepted NCBI species in this import.
MDD source ↗ - Leopardus colocolaCentral Chilean ColocoloTaxonomy available · article pendingMDD source ↗
- Leopardus fasciatusUruguayan ColocoloTaxonomy available · article pendingMDD source ↗
- Leopardus garleppiNorthern ColocoloDifferent taxonomic treatment
Not mapped to an exact accepted NCBI species in this import.
MDD source ↗ - Leopardus geoffroyiGeoffroy's CatPublic profileMDD source ↗
- Leopardus guignaKodkodPublic profileMDD source ↗
- Leopardus guttulusAtlantic Forest OncillaTaxonomy available · article pendingMDD source ↗
- Leopardus jacobitaAndean Mountain CatTaxonomy available · article pendingMDD source ↗
- Leopardus pajerosSouthern ColocoloDifferent taxonomic treatment
Not mapped to an exact accepted NCBI species in this import.
MDD source ↗ - Leopardus pardalisOcelotPublic profileMDD source ↗
- Leopardus pardinoidesClouded OncillaTaxonomy available · article pendingMDD source ↗
- Leopardus tigrinusSavanna OncillaPublic profileMDD source ↗
- Leopardus wiediiMargayPublic profileMDD source ↗
Checklist attribution: Mammal Diversity Database (2026), version 2.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Only living species are included; subspecies and extinct species are outside this checklist.
Within this taxon
Published profiles
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Species · Leopardus
Kodkod
Leopardus guigna
The kodkod is a small forest-associated South American cat, also called the güiña. Dense vegetation and connected cover are important for understanding …
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Species · Leopardus
Margay
Leopardus wiedii
The margay is a small American cat especially noted for climbing. Its life in trees distinguishes it from superficially similar cats that …
Species · Leopardus
Northern Tiger Cat
Leopardus tigrinus
The northern tiger cat is a small spotted Leopardus. Older accounts used a broader tiger-cat concept, so biological descriptions and geographic records …
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Species · Leopardus
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
The ocelot is a patterned American cat that hunts through covered habitats. It is distinct from the smaller margay, even though their …
