Leopardus

Leopardus is a genus of small spotted cats that are native to Middle and South America. Very few species belonging to Leopardus are in the southern United States. Leopardus may be the oldest branch of the Felinae to go into the Americas, followed by the genera Lynx and Puma.

Leopardus
Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Leopardus Gray, 1842
Species
See text
Leopardus diversity

Species

• Leopardus colocolo (Molina, 1782) – Colocolo
• Leopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889) – Pantanal Cat
• Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) – Pampas Cat
• Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844) – Geoffroy's cat
• Leopardus guigna (Molina, 1782) – Kodkod
• Leopardus jacobitus (Cornalia, 1865) – Andean Mountain cat
• Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ocelot
• Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) – Oncilla
• Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821) – Margay