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Tigrillo

Leopardus tigrinus pardinoides

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Field Notes

Description:

This is a small Felidae from Center and South America. The pictures belong to an Amazon Tigrillo, from the locality of Tena (low Amazon basin). It is, according to The red book of the mammals of Ecuador, one of the rarest mammals in Central and South America.

Habitat:

Temperate and Tropical rainforest. It has been reported at the beginning of the last century in the high paramos of Mojanda, but their true distribution is still unknown.

Notes:

Relocated for wrong id.

Species ID Suggestions

Tigrillo

Leopardus tigrinus

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KimLomman
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Comments (9)
GustavoMorejon
I found a very informative page about the specie at http://www.wildcatsmagazine.nl/tigercat.htm ; and definitively, based on the distribution must be Leopardus tigrinus pardinoides (Gray, 1867).
KimLomman
Ok, would still most likely be that subspecies.
GustavoMorejon
I don't know how it happened, but somehow the locality was wrong (probably my own mistake). It belongs to the Tena zone in Ecuador.
KimLomman
Nice shot. The scientific name you are using is not correct though. It is L. tigrinus not L. tigrilus. As you took this in Colombia it is most likely L.tigrinus pardinoides.
injica
Wow beautiful breathtaking cat :) Great spotting! Oh I'd love to have one like this :)
AshleyT
Beautiful cat and photo :)

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Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation
Mission
Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Biodiversity

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PublishedApril 3, 2013

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