Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:42 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico , Veracruz , Hernandez . DISTRIBUTION: E. Brazil , Paraguay , N. Argentina , and Peru , north to C. Arizona and Texas ( U.S.A. ). Arkansas (CPG). COMMENT: Leopardus is considered a valid genus by CPG. Type locality fixed by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911: 136. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae . U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. pardalis . CITES - Appendix I as F. p. mearnsi subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I as F. p. mitis subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001020000.