Garlepp's pampas cat (''Leopardus colocola garleppi''), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the
pampas cat. It has more recently been classified as a full species (''Leopardus garleppi'') within a pampas cat
species complex. Garlepp's pampas cat is native to the central-western mountainous area of South America.
Characteristics
''Leopardus garleppi'' is a small wild cat with a brownish-grey forehead, orange speckles on the nape and crown, a dark brownish-grey stripe on the spine with some orange hairs sprinkled in, pale brownish-grey or yellowish-brown background color on the body with obvious rosettes of reddish-brown with an orangish-brown interior, and reddish-brown rings on the tail.
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Distribution and habitat
Garlepp's pampas cat lives in the Andes Mountains
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the List of mountain ranges#Mountain ranges by length, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range i ...
from Ecuador to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.[
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References
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Leopardus
Felids of South America
Mammals described in 1912