Leopardus

• Brazilian Pampas Cat Leopardus braccatus

  

  The Brazilian pampas cat is a small wild cat with dark spots and stripes on a tawny coat. It hunts small prey in grasslands and scrub.

• Garlepp's Pampas Cat Leopardus garleppi

  

  A wild cat recorded in Peru’s Eten wetlands. It has reddish fur with spots; in 2019, an individual was filmed crossing a path and moving into tall vegetation.

• Geoffroy's Cat Leopardus geoffroyi

  

  A cat of southern South America, living in grassland, scrub, wetlands and woodland.

• Kod-kod Leopardus guigna

  

  The kod-kod is a small wild cat of forests in central and southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. It climbs well and is mostly solitary.

• Southern Tigrina Leopardus guttulus

  

  The Southern Tigrina is a small cat with thick-edged markings on yellow-brown fur. It ranges from Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, and hunts small mammals, birds, and reptiles.

• Andean mountain cat Leopardus jacobitus

  

  A high-Andes cat with dark body markings and a thick, ringed tail.

• Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros

  The Pampas cat is a felid found in South America. Reports describe regional differences in coat color and activity times.

• Ocelot Leopardus pardalis

  A patterned cat of parts of the Americas, with black-bordered blotches arranged in chain-like rows along its body.

• Northern Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus

  The northern tiger cat is a small, slender wild cat with rosette-like spots. It lives alone and is active mainly at night.

• Leopardus tilcayo

  Leopardus tilcayo is a felid described as a new species in 2026. The paper gives its type locality near Arapata in Bolivia's Nor Yungas, and a UMSA report also describes records from the Yungas forests of La Paz.

• Margay Leopardus wiedii

  A forest cat with large eyes, a long tail, and strong climbing skills.

• Central Chilean Pampas Cat Leopardus colocola

  A wild cat recorded in central Chile. Its gray coat bears oblique reddish-brown lines, with cinnamon-colored rings on the lower legs and dark rings near the tail tip. Five photo-verified records from 2015 to 2021 came from the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

• Northern Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus

  The northern tiger cat is a small, slender wild cat with rosette-like spots. It lives alone and is active mainly at night.

• Andean mountain cat Leopardus jacobitus

  A high-Andes cat with dark body markings and a thick, ringed tail.

• Geoffroy's Cat Leopardus geoffroyi

  A cat of southern South America, living in grassland, scrub, wetlands and woodland.

• Margay Leopardus wiedii

  A forest cat with large eyes, a long tail, and strong climbing skills.

• Ocelot Leopardus pardalis

  A patterned cat of parts of the Americas, with black-bordered blotches arranged in chain-like rows along its body.

• Kod-kod Leopardus guigna

  The kod-kod is a small wild cat of forests in central and southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. It climbs well and is mostly solitary.

• Southern Tigrina Leopardus guttulus

  The Southern Tigrina is a small cat with thick-edged markings on yellow-brown fur. It ranges from Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, and hunts small mammals, birds, and reptiles.

• Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros

  The Pampas cat is a felid found in South America. Reports describe regional differences in coat color and activity times.

• Garlepp's Pampas Cat Leopardus garleppi

  A wild cat recorded in Peru’s Eten wetlands. It has reddish fur with spots; in 2019, an individual was filmed crossing a path and moving into tall vegetation.

• Brazilian Pampas Cat Leopardus braccatus

  The Brazilian pampas cat is a small wild cat with dark spots and stripes on a tawny coat. It hunts small prey in grasslands and scrub.

• Leopardus tilcayo

  Leopardus tilcayo is a felid described as a new species in 2026. The paper gives its type locality near Arapata in Bolivia's Nor Yungas, and a UMSA report also describes records from the Yungas forests of La Paz.