Garlepp's pampas cat

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]

Garlepp's Pampas Cat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Leopardus
Species:	L. colocola
Subspecies:	L. c. garleppi
Trinomial name
Leopardus colocola garleppi (Matschie, 1912)
Synonyms
synonyms of L. garleppi Felis (Lynchailurus) pajeros garleppi Matschie, 1912 Felis pajeros thomasi Lönnberg, 1913 Felis pajeros garleppi Lönnberg, 1913 Lynchailurus pajeros thomasi Allen, 1919 Lynchailurus pajeros garleppi Allen, 1919 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo garleppi Pearson, 1951 Lynchaylurus pajeros pajeros Yepes, 1936 Lynchailurus colocolus garleppi Cabrera, 1940 Lynchailurus colocolus thomasi Cabrera, 1940 Lynchailurus pajeros budini Pocock, 1941 Lynchailurus pajeros steinbachi Pocock, 1941 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo crespoi Cabrera, 1957 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo budini Cabrera, 1958 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo crespoi Cabrera, 1958 Felis (Lynchailurus) colocolo thomasi Cabrera, 1958 Felis colocola budini Ximénez, 1961 Felis colocola crespoi Ximénez, 1961 Felis colocola garleppi Ximénez, 1961 Felis colocola thomasi Ximénez, 1961 Lynchailurus colocolo wolffsohni García-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros budini García-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros crespoi García-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros garleppi García-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros steinbachi García-Perea, 1994 Lynchailurus pajeros thomasi García-Perea, 1994 Leopardus colocolo wolffsohni Wozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros budini Wozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros garleppi Wozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros steinbachi Wozencraft, 2005 Leopardus pajeros thomasi Wozencraft, 2005

Characteristics

Leopardus 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

Garlepp's pampas cat lives in the Andes Mountains from Colombia to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.^[1]