Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821)

Bezerra, Alexandra Maria Ramos & Bordallo, Samanta Uchôa, 2018, Neotropical felid specimens at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: species, distribution, and morphometric data, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-19 : 6-8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.33
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scientific name	Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821)
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Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821) View in CoL

Common names: Margay (English), Gato-maracajá (Brazilian Portuguese).

Localities: BRAZIL, 15 specimens ( Fig. 9 View Figure 9 ): Amazonas: MPEG 473 View Materials (female, skin) ; São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Parque Nacional do Pico da Neblina , BR 307 , km 80, comunidade Parintins: MPEG 43029 View Materials (unknown sex, skin) ; São Sebastião do Uatumã, UHE Balbina, Rio Uatumã : MPEG 22156 View Materials (female, skin and skull). Maranhão: Aldeia Gurupiúna, Reserva Indígena Alto TuriaÇu: MPEG 22021 View Materials (unknown sex, skin). Pará: Benevides: MPEG 709 View Materials (male, skull) ; Ipixuna do Pará: MPEG 38327 View Materials (unknown sex, skin) ; Juruti, Rio Mamuru (in the original label is Santarém , but the Rio Mamuru is at Juruti municipality: MPEG 41093 View Materials (unknown sex, skin) ; Monte Alegre, Curral Grande : MPEG 5617 View Materials (male, skull) ; Óbidos / Oriximiná, Cachoeira da Paciência , Rio Cuminá , ‘ Cachoeira Paciência , Rio’ : MPEG 2161 View Materials (male, skull) ; Santarém, Curuá-Una , 44 km S e 40 km E de Santarém: MPEG 20204 View Materials (male, skull) ; Santarém : MPEG 5619 View Materials (female, skull), MPEG 5650 View Materials (female, skull), MPEG 5608 View Materials (male, skull) ; São João (= São João do Araguaia), Rio Araguaia : MPEG 428 View Materials (male, skin). Rio Grande do Sul: São Jerônimo, Conde: MPEG 22191 View Materials (female, skin and skull). Jardim Zoológico ( Zoological Garden ), 25 specimens: MPEG 4125 View Materials , MPEG 4129 View Materials , MPEG 4133 View Materials , MPEG 4134 View Materials , MPEG 4136 View Materials , MPEG 4138 View Materials , MPEG 4140 View Materials , MPEG 4141 View Materials , MPEG 4143 View Materials , MPEG 4144 View Materials , MPEG 4146 View Materials , MPEG 4154 View Materials , MPEG 6497 View Materials , MPEG 6502 View Materials (females, skull) ; MPEG 4126 View Materials , MPEG 4127 View Materials , MPEG 4130-4132 View Materials , MPEG 4137 View Materials , MPEG 4139 View Materials , MPEG 4142 View Materials (males, skull) ; MPEG 8860 View Materials , MPEG 8862 View Materials (males with skin,skull and postcranium) ; MPEG 8863 View Materials (unknown sex, skull). Unknown locality, 2 specimens: MPEG 6505 View Materials , MPEG 22376 View Materials (males, skull) .

Comments:

1) Leopardus wiedii is considered as Vulnerable in Brazil (DOU, 2014), Near Threatened in IUCN Red List due population decline by habitat loss, fragmentation, roads, illegal trade, and retaliatory killing ( IUCN, 2017), and is included in CITES Appendix I (CITES, 2017),