Belongs within: Felidae.
As recognised by Johnson et al. (2006) on the basis of molecular analysis, Leopardus is a genus of cats found primarily in South America. All species in the genus have black spots and/or stripes on a light background coloration. The ocelot L. pardalis is the largest species in the genus and one of the most widespread, with its distribution extending into the southern United States, though it has almost become extinct north of Mexico.
<==Leopardus Gray 1842 (see below for synonymy) C57
|--+--L. pardalis JE06 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--L. p. pardalis C57
| | |--L. p. aequatorialis (Mearns 1902) (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--L. p. maripensis (Allen 1904) (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--L. p. mitis (Cuvier 1820) (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--‘Felis’ p. nelsoni G69
| | |--L. p. pseudopardalis (Boitard 1842) (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--L. p. pusaea (Thomas 1914) [=Felis pardalis pusaea, L. pardalis pusaeus] C57
| | `--L. p. steinbachi Pocock 1941 [=Felis pardalis steinbachi]
| `--L. wiedii (Schinz 1821) JE06, C57 [=Felis wiedii C57, Margay tigrina wiedii C57]
| |--L. w. wiedii (see below for synonymy) C57
| |--L. w. amazonicus (Cabrera 1917) [=Felis wiedii amazonica] C57
| |--L. w. boliviae Pocock 1941 [=Felis wiedii boliviae] C57
| |--‘Felis’ w. nicaraguae BP87
| |--‘Felis’ w. oaxacensis G69
| |--L. w. pirrensis (Goldman 1914) (see below for synonymy) C57
| |--‘Felis’ w. salvinia BP87
| |--L. w. vigens (Thomas 1904) (see below for synonymy) C57
| `--‘Felis’ w. yucatanica G69
`--+--+--L. colocolo (Molina 1782) JE06, C57 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--L. c. colocolo (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--‘Felis’ c. braccata Cope 1889 (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--‘Felis’ c. budini (Pocock 1941) [=Lynchailurus pajeros budini] C57
| | |--‘Felis’ c. crespoi Cabrera 1958 C57
| | |--‘Felis’ c. garleppi Matschie 1912 (see below for synonymy) C57
| | |--‘Felis’ c. pajeros Desmarest 1816 (see below for synonymy) C57
| | `--‘Felis’ c. thomasi Lönnberg 1913 [=Lynchailurus colocolus thomasi, L. pajeros thomasi] C57
| `--L. jacobita (Cornalia 1865) JE06, C57 (see below for synonymy)
`--+--L. tigrinus (Schreber 1775) JE06, C57 [=Felis tigrina C57, F. (Oncoides) tigrina C57, Margay tigrina C57]
| |--L. t. tigrinus [incl. Felis emiliae Thomas 1914, Oncilla guttula emiliae, F. margay Müller 1776] C57
| |--L. t. guttulus (Hensel 1872) (see below for synonymy) C57
| |--‘Felis’ t. oncilla BP87
| `--L. t. pardinoides (Gray 1867) (see below for synonymy) C57
`--+--L. geoffroyi (D’Orbigny & Gervais 1844) JE06, C57 (see below for synonymy)
| |--L. g. geoffroyi (see below for synonymy) C57
| |--L. g. euxanthus (Pocock 1940) [=Oncifelis geoffroyi euxanthus, Felis geoffroyi euxantha] C57
| |--L. g. leucobaptus (Pocock 1940) [=Oncifelis geoffroyi leucobaptus, Felis geoffroyi leucobapta] C57
| |--L. g. paraguae (Pocock 1940) (see below for synonymy) C57
| `--L. g. salinarum (Thomas 1903) [=Felis salinarum, Oncifelis geoffroyi salinarum] C57
`--L. guigna (Molina 1782) JE06, C57 (see below for synonymy)
|--L. g. guigna [incl. Oncifelis santacrucensis Artayeta 1950] C57
`--L. g. tigrillo (Pöppig in Schinz 1844) [=Felis tigrillo; incl. F. guigna molinae Osgood 1943] C57
‘Felis’ colocolo braccata Cope 1889 [=Lynchailurus colocolus braccatus, L. pajeros braccatus; incl. F. (Lynchailurus) colocola neumayeri Matschie 1912, Oncifelis colocolo neumayeri] C57
‘Felis’ colocolo garleppi Matschie 1912 [=F. (Lynchailurus) pajeros garleppi, F. pajeros parleppi, Lynchailurus colocolus garleppi; incl. L. pajeros steinbachi Pocock 1941 non Leopardus pardalis steinbachi Pocock 1941] C57
‘Felis’ colocolo pajeros Desmarest 1816 [=F. pageros, F. pajero, *Lynchailurus colocolus pajeros; incl. F. pajeros crucina Thomas 1901, L. colocolus crucinus, L. pajeros crucina, Felis pampa Schinz 1831 (n. n.), Pajeros pampanus Gray 1867] C57
Leopardus Gray 1842 [incl. Colocolo Pocock 1941, Lynchailurus Severtzow 1858, Margay Gray 1867, Noctifelis Severtzow 1858, Oncifelis Severtzow 1858, Oncilla Allen 1919, Oncoides Severtzow 1858, Oreailurus Cabrera 1940, Pajeros Gray 1867, Pardalina Gray 1867, Pardalis Gray 1867] C57
Leopardus colocolo (Molina 1782) JE06 , C57 [=Felis colocola C57, F. colorolla C57, F. (Lynchailurus) colocolo C57, Lynchailurus colocolus C57]
Leopardus colocolo colocolo (Molina 1782) [=Felis pajeros colocolo; incl. Panthera maracaya albescens Fitzinger 1869, Lynchailurus pajeros huina Pocock 1841, Felis passerum Sclater 1871] C57
Leopardus geoffroyi (D’Orbigny & Gervais 1844) JE06, C57 [=Felis geoffroyi C57, F. (Oncifelis) geoffroyi C57, F. (Oncoides) geoffroyi C57, Herpailurus geoffroyi C57]
Leopardus geoffroyi geoffroyi (D’Orbigny & Gervais 1844) [incl. Felis geoffroyi macdonaldi Marelli 1932, F. pardoides Gray 1867, Pardalina warwickii Gray 1867] C57
Leopardus geoffroyi paraguae (Pocock 1940) [=Oncifelis geoffroyi paraguae, Felis geoffroyi paraguae; incl. F. melas Bertoni 1914 non Cuvier 1809] C57
Leopardus guigna (Molina 1782) JE06, C57 [=Felis guigna C57, F. guina C57, Herpailurus guigna C57, Noctifelis guigna C57, Oncifelis guigna C57]
Leopardus jacobita (Cornalia 1865) -, C57 [=Felis jacobita C57, F. (*Oreailurus) jacobita C57; incl. F. colocolo Philippi 1869 non Molina 1782 C57, Oncifelis colocolo C57]
Leopardus pardalis JE06 [=Felis (Leopardus) pardalis C57, F. (Zibethailurus) pardalis C57; incl. *Leopardus griseus C57]
Leopardus pardalis aequatorialis (Mearns 1902) [=Felis pardalis aequatorialis, Oncoides pardalis aequatorialis; incl. F. mearnsi Allen 1910, Leopardus pardalis mearnsi] C57
Leopardus pardalis maripensis (Allen 1904) [=Felis pardalis maripensis; incl. Felis melanura Ball 1844 (n. d.), Leopardus pardalis melanurus, Oncoides pardalis tumatumari Allen 1915, L. pardalis tumatumari] C57
Leopardus pardalis mitis Cuvier 1820 [=Felis pardalis mitis; incl. F. armillatus Cuvier 1832, F. pardalis brasiliensis Schinz 1844, Leopardus pardalis brasiliensis, F. chati Gray 1827, F. pardalis chibigouazou Gray in Griffith 1827, F. chibigouavou (l. c.), F. chibiguazu, Leopardus pardalis chibigouazou, Oncoides pardalis chibigouazou, Felis hamiltoni Fischer 1830, F. maracaya Wagner 1841, F. smithii Swainson 1838] C57
Leopardus pardalis pseudopardalis (Boitard 1842) [=Felis pardalis pseudopardalis; incl. F. sanctaemartae Allen 1906, Leopardus pardalis sanctaemartae] C57
Leopardus tigrinus guttulus (Hensel 1872) [=Felis tigrina guttula, F. guttata (l. c.) non Hermann 1804, F. (Oncoides) tigrina guttula, Oncilla guttula; incl. F. (Oncoides) mitis Lahille 1899 non Cuvier 1820] C57
Leopardus tigrinus pardinoides (Gray 1867) [=Felis tigrina pardinoides, Noctifelis pardinoides; incl. F. pardinoides andina Thomas 1903, Margay tigrina andina, M. caucensis Allen 1915, Oncilla caucensis, M. tigrina elenae Allen 1915, O. pardinoides elenae, Felis pardinoides emerita Thomas 1912, Margay tigrina emerita, Oncilla pardinoides emerita] C57
Leopardus wiedii pirrensis (Goldman 1914) [=Felis wiedii pirrensis; incl. Margay wiedi andina Allen 1916 non Felis pardinoides andina Thomas 1903, F. (Margay) glaucula ludovici Lönnberg 1925] C57
Leopardus wiedii vigens (Thomas 1904) [=Felis wiedii vigens, Margay tigrina vigens; incl. F. wiedii catenata Hamilton Smith in Griffith 1827 (n. n.)] C57
Leopardus wiedii wiedii (Schinz 1821) [incl. Felis elegans Lesson 1830, F. macroura Wied 1823, F. macrourus, F. macrura, Leopardus wiedii pardictis Pocock 1941, F. wiedii pardictis, L. tigrinoides Gray 1842, F. venusta] C57
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[BP87] Burton, J. A., & B. Pearson. 1987. Collins Guide to the Rare Mammals of the World. Collins: London.
[C57] Cabrera, A. 1957. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. I (Metatheria—Unguiculata—Carnivora). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de Las Ciencias Naturales, Ciencias Zoológicas 4 (1): 1–307.
[G69] Goodwin, G. G. 1969. Mammals from the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 141 (1): 1–269, 40 pls.
[JE06] Johnson, W. E., E. Eizirik, J. Pecon-Slattery, W. J. Murphy, A. Antunes, E. Teeling & S. J. O’Brien. 2006. The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment. Science 311: 73–77.
It is so cool that ozelots are found even in the US.
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