Sobre os nomes populares dados aos felinos do gênero Leopardus (Mammalia, Carnivora, FELIDAE)
Keywords:
Etymology, Portuguese language, Cats, LeopardSynopsis
The popular names attributed in Brazil to the species of the genus Leopardus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) ) (L. pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758), L. colocolo (Molina, 1782), L. geoffroyi (d’Orbigny & Gervais, 1844), L. tigrinus (Schreber, 1775) and L.Wiedii (Schinz, 1821)) are chronologically listed with their respective bibliographical references. Comments are added about the name ocelot, improperly attributed to
Lepardus tigrinus.
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