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Leopardus wiedii (margay)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis wiedii was named by Schinz (1821). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leopardus wiedii by Ewer (1973), Hulbert (1992), de Oliveira (1998), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Felis wiedii Schinz
1826Felis macroura Wied p. 371
1830Felis elegans Lesson p. 69
1973Leopardus wiedii Ewer
1976Felis amnicola Gillette
1980Felis amnicola Kurten and Anderson p. 195
1980Felis wiedii Kurten and Anderson p. 196
1992Leopardus amnicola Hulbert, Jr.
1992Leopardus wiedii Hulbert, Jr.
1998Leopardus wiedii de Oliveira p. 1
2006Leopardus wiedii Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Leopardus wiedii Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 49
2019Leopardus amnicola Albright et al. p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusLeopardusGray 1842
specieswiedii(Schinz 1821)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Leopardus wiedii Schinz 1821 [margay]
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Invalid names: Felis amnicola Gillette 1976 [synonym], Felis elegans Lesson 1830 [synonym], Felis macroura Wied 1826 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arboreals
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:12:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:12:11
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Leopardus amnicola (227368)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Florida) Felis amnicola (20419)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Felis wiedii (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Leopardus amnicola (79923)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Felis amnicola (93342 93343 93347)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Felis wiedii (21691)