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Cat Name
Pampas Cat
Chilean Pampa Cat
Pantanal Cat
Colocolo
Pantanal Cat
Colocolo
Where They Live
Endangered Status
Near Threatened
Population Decreasing
Closest Relatives
Andean Cat
Geoffroy's Cat
Kodkod
Margay
Ocelot
Oncilla
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Leopardus
Species: Leopardus colocolo
Subspecies
Leopardus colocolo colocolo
Leopardus colocolo wolffsohni
Leopardus colocolo wolffsohni
Former/Disputed Classifications
Oncifelis colocolo
Lynchailurus colocolo
Lynchailurus braccatus
Lynchailurus pajeros
Felis pajeros
Lynchailurus colocolo
Lynchailurus braccatus
Lynchailurus pajeros
Felis pajeros
Updated July 2009
References: IUCN Red List and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System