Oncifelis geoffroyi (d'Orbigny and Gervais, 1844) . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1844:40.

TYPE LOCALITY: "des rives du Rio Negro, en Patagonie" .

DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Andean Bolivia, S Paraguay, S Brazil, Uruguay.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I.

SYNONYMS: euxanthus Pocock, 1940; himalayanus Gray, 1843; leucobaptus Pocock, 1940; macdonaldi Marelli, 1932; mêlas Bertoni, 1914; paraguae Pocock, 1940; pardoides Gray, 1867; salinarum Thomas, 1903; warwickii Gray, 1867 .

COMMENTS: Revised by Pocock (19406) and reviewed by Ximenez (1975, Mammalian Species, 54, as Felis geoffroyi). Placed in Oncifelis by Allen (1919a), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Krâl and Zima (1980), and Kratochvll (1982c). Ximenez (1975) followed Cabrera (1958), and placed geoffroyi in subgenus Leopardus of Felts. Includes F. pardoides (Cabrera, 1958:280) .