The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The New Felid Taxonomy

TeaLovingDave said:
African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)

This subspecies is proposed to cover all populations within Africa, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies:

P. p. panthera
P. p. pardus
P. p. leopardus
P. p. melanotica - photograph by @Maguari

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P. p. suahelicus
P. p. nanopardus
P. p. ruwenzorii
P. p. chui
P. p. reichenowi
P. p. antinorii
P. p. iturensis
P. p. adusta
P. p. shortridgei
P. p. adersi
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What about P. p. capensis? The individual in this photograph would be that subspecies: African leopard, Sita | ZooChat
 
ThylacineAlive said:
I think the tiger updates needs another review :p I also think Leopard ssp need to be reworked.
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Most certainly :p I find it hard to believe that the Amur Tiger and Indochinese Tiger are the same thing when the Sumatran Tiger - classified as distinct - looks a lot like the latter and nothing like the former!

As for leopards, I presume your thinking is either that the African population is over-lumped or the Asian is over-split, or even both?
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Most certainly :p I find it hard to believe that the Amur Tiger and Indochinese Tiger are the same thing when the Sumatran Tiger - classified as distinct - looks a lot like the latter and nothing like the former!

As for leopards, I presume your thinking is either that the African population is over-lumped or the Asian is over-split, or even both?
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If I recall correctly the whole idea behind lumping all the mainland animals in the first place is because they didn't want to split Sumatran into a separate species :p

I definitely think the African populations are over-lumped- certainly taxa such as the Zanzibar Leopard are distinct. As for Asian, I wouldn't be surprised if it did turn out North-Chinese is the same as Amur as this update reflects, but I don't know enough about the other populations to say whether they are over-split or not.

~Thylo
 
Pampas Cat complex (Leopardus colocola)


Seven subspecies recognised; however, it is recommended that further research be performed to ascertain whether or not this taxon merits splitting into several species.


Southern Colocolo (Leopardus colocola colocola)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in central Chile west of the Andes.

Northern Colocolo (Leopardus colocola wolffsohni)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in northern Chile west of the Andes.

Photo by @Giant Eland

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Argentinian Pampas Cat (Leopardus colocola pajeros)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in southern and central Argentina, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies:

L. c. crucinus
L. c. pajeros

Bolivian Pampas Cat (Leopardus colocola budini)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in northwest Argentina and Bolivia east of the Andes, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies:

L. c. budini
L. c. steinbachi.

Peruvian Pampas Cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in south Colombia, Ecuador and Peru east of the Andes, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies:

L. c. garleppi - photo by @Giant Eland

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L. c. thomasi

Brazilian Pantanal Cat (Leopardus colocola braccatus)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in Paraguay and southwest to central Brazil.

Uruguayan Pantanal Cat (Leopardus colocola munoai)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in Uruguay.

Photo by @Giant Eland

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It is worth noting that if any of our older members took photographs of the Pampas Cats which were at Chester and Kilverstone, these would fill a photographic gap as they belonged to Leopardus colocola colocola. Similarly, if anyone got photographs of the stock formerly held at Rotterdam, these would apply to Leopardus colocola pajeros.
 
Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)


Two subspecies recognised.

Southern Kodkod (Leopardus guigna guigna)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in south Chile and southwest Argentina.

Northern Kodkod (Leopardus guigna tigrillo)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in north and central Chile.

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This is one of only two cat species which I *know* a Zoochatter has seen - in this case, unsurprisingly, it was @devilfish - but which has not been photographed.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
To the best of my knowledge, even the traditional list of African subspecies didn't include a taxon of that name. Is that individual of proven wild origin - and if so, from where?
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ThylacineAlive said:
This is/was a P. p. melanotica (is she still alive?
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Err... yes I meant melanotica. Not sure where I pulled capensis from :confused: must’ve gotten confused and thought it was a separate subspecies. Apologies for the mistake!

It was caught from South Africa and unfortunately passed away last year.
 
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)


Two subspecies recognised.

Northern Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis pardalis)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations from Texas and Arizona south to Costa Rica, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies:

L. p. pardalis - photo by @gulogulogulo

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L. p. albescens
L. p. sonoriensis

Southern Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in South America, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies:

L. p. aequatorialis
L. p. melanurus
L. p. mitis - photo by @Moebelle

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L. p. pseudopardalis
L. p. pusaeus
L. p. steinbachi
 
Chlidonias said:
The animal doesn't look very healthy though.
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It looks healthier than the demonic Marbled Cat you photographed..... :p

Funnily enough, that is the *other* species which zoochatters have seen but which is currently unrepresented in living form within the gallery.
 
Northern Tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus)


Two subspecies recognised, although further research is stated to be required and it is possible the taxon encompasses up to three distinct species.

Northern Tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus tigrinus)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in northern South America, extending south to Bolivia, and encompasses the following formerly-recognised subspecies - although further research may reveal both are distinct at species level:

L. t. tigrinus - photo by @ro6ca66

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L. t. pardinoides - photo by @devilfish

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Central American Tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus oncilla)

This taxon is proposed to cover populations in Costa Rica and possibly Panama.
 
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