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Leopardus amnicola Gillette, 1976

River margay

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Felis amnicola Gillette, 1976; Leopardus wiedii amnicola Gillette, 1976

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution & Habitat

The Americas

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: UF 19351

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Gillette, David D. (1976).  A new species of small cat from the late Quaternary of Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 57(4): 664-676. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

Hulbert, R. C., Morgan, G. S. and Kerner, A. (2009). Collared Peccary (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae, Pecari) from the Late Pleistocene of Florida, pp. 551-556. In: Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona.

Hulbert, R. C. and Pratt, A. E. (1998). New pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate faunas from coastal Georgia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2): 412-429.

 

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