Oncilla
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"Tiger cat" redirects here. For other uses, see Tiger cat (disambiguation).
Tiger cat may also be a common name for the tiger quoll.
The oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), also known as the northern tiger cat, little spotted cat, and tigrillo, is a small spotted cat ranging from Central America to central Brazil. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, and the population is threatened by deforestation and conversion of habitat to agricultural land.[1]
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Oncilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Leopardus |
Species: | L. tigrinus |
Binomial name | |
Leopardus tigrinus | |
Distribution of the oncilla, 2016[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Oncifelis tigrinus, Felis tigrina |
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In 2013, it was proposed to assign the oncilla populations in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina to a new species: the southern tiger cat (L. guttulus), after it was found that it does not interbreed with the oncilla population in northeastern Brazil.[3]