Neotropical felid specimens at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: species, distribution, and morphometric data
Author
Bezerra, Alexandra Maria Ramos
Author
Bordallo, Samanta Uchôa
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2018
2018-07-27
58
1
19
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.33
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.33
1807-0205
5235299
Leopardus emiliae
(Thomas, 1914)
Common names:
tigrina, oncillla, little spotted cat (English);gato-do-mato-pequeno (Brazilian Portuguese).
Localities:
BRAZIL
,
3 specimens
(
Fig. 3
):
Ceará
:
Ipú: MPEG 588 (male skin).
Maranhão
:
Grajaú, Boa LembranÇa, Sítio Novo, margem direita de Grajaú: MPEG 22685 (male, skin).
Pará
:
Óbidos: MPEG 5618 (unknown sex, skull).
Comments:
1)
MPEG 588
and
MEPG 22685
have removed skin samples and
MPEG 5618
muscle sample for molecular analysis by
C.C. Sartor
, in
May 2017
, for her doctoral dissertation developed at
University Federal
of
Rio Grande do Sul
;
2)
Nascimento & Feijó (2017)
referred MPEG 588 as topotype of
Felis emiliae
based on Thomas (1914);
3) Recently recognized as full species,
L. emiliae
was junior synonym of
L. tigrinus
and is endemic of
Brazil
, with populations known from north, at right bank of Amazon River, throughout northeastern and central portion of this country (
Nascimento & Feijó, 2017
).
Leopardus tigrinus
(
sensu lato
) is considered as Endangered in
Brazil
(DOU,2014), globally Vulnerable due current trending of decreasing population (
IUCN, 2017
), and included in CITES Appendix I (CITES,2017), altogether before recognizing of three full species in
tigrinus
species group (
L. emiliae
,
L. guttulus
,
and
L. tigrinus
), and respective restricted geographic distribution for each taxon (
Nascimento & Feijó, 2017
). It is probable that
L. emiliae
and the other two species be included in a higher endangered category in the next endangered species list revisions.