Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 294

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scientific name	Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858
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Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858 View in CoL . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 10:386.

TYPE SPECIES: Felis geoffroyi d'Orbigny and Gervais, 1842 View in CoL , by monotypy.

SYNONYMS: Dendrailurus Severtzov, 1858 ; Lynchailurus Severtzov, 1858 ; Noctifelis Severtzov, 1858 ; Pajeros Gray, 1867 .

COMMENTS: Although there is general agreement as to the monophyletic nature of this genus, some have chosen to emphasize the distinctiveness of O. colocolo and placed it in monotypic Lynchailurus . Cabrera (1958) suggested that O. geoffroyi and O. guigna were more closely related to taxa considered here under Leopardus rather than to O. colocolo , which he placed in a separate subgenus. Hemmer (1978) also included L. tigrinus in this genus.