虎貓屬

虎貓屬（學名：Leopardus^[1]）是由生長於北美和南美的小型花紋貓科動物所組成的屬。

虎貓屬 化石时期：上新世-现代，3–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	哺乳纲 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	猫科 Felidae
级：	假貓級 Pseudaelurus
亚科：	猫亚科 Felinae
属：	虎貓屬 Leopardus Gray, 1842
種
参见内文
異名
Colocolo Pocock, 1941 Dendrailurus Severtzov, 1858 Lynchaelurus Elliot, 1904 Lynchailurus Severtzov, 1858 Montifelis Schwangart, 1941 Mungofelis Antonius, 1933 Noctifelis Severtzov, 1858 Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858 Oncilla Allen, 1919 Oreailurus Cabrera, 1940 Pajeros Gray, 1867 Pardalis Gray, 1867 Pseudolynx Schwangart, 1941 Severtzowius Kretzoi & Kretzoi, 2000

下属物种

本属包括以下物种：^[2]

• Felis vorohuensis (Berta, 1983)
• Leopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889)
• 南美草原貓 Leopardus colocolo (Molina, 1782)
• Leopardus ellioti Gray, 1842
• 喬氏貓 Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)
• 南美林貓 Leopardus guigna (Molina, 1782)
• 南方虎猫 Leopardus guttulus (Hensel, 1872)
• Leopardus hernandesii Gray, 1857
• 山原貓 Leopardus jacobitus (Cornalia, 1865)
• Leopardus japonensis Gray, 1862
• 納里尼奧猫 Leopardus narinensis Ruiz-García, 2023^[3]
• Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816)
• 虎貓 Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leopardus perniger Gray, 1863
• Leopardus pictus Gray, 1842
• Leopardus poliopardus Brehm, 1863
• 小斑虎貓 Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775)
• 長尾虎貓 Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821)

參考文獻

1. Wozencraft, W.C. Order Carnivora. Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (编). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005: 537–540. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. LCCN 2005001870. OCLC 62265494.  NLC 001238428.
2. Leopardus Gray, 1842. GBIF. [2023-08-03]. （原始内容于2023-07-12）. 
3. Manuel Ruiz-García, Myreya Pinedo-Castro and Joseph Mark Shostell. 2023. Morphological and Genetics Support for a Hitherto Undescribed Spotted Cat Species (Genus Leopardus; Felidae, Carnivora) from the Southern Colombian Andes. Genes. 14(6); 1266. DOI: 10.3390/genes14061266