Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858 . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 10:386.

TYPE SPECIES: Felis geoffroyi d'Orbigny and Gervais, 1842, 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.