Southern Tigrina
''Leopardus guttulus'', the southern tiger cat or southern tigrina, is a small wild cat species native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Taxonomy ''Felis guttula'' was the scientific name used in 1872 by Reinhold Hensel when he described a tiger cat from the jungles of the Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. It was long considered to be a subspecies of the oncilla (''Leopardus tigrinus''). It was recognized as a distinct species in 2013. It is closely related to Geoffroy's cat (''L. geoffroyi''), with which it reportedly interbreeds in southern Brazil. Characteristics The southern tiger cat has a yellowish-ochre coat, patterned with open black rosettes. It is slightly darker than the oncilla, has a larger rosette pattern, and a slightly shorter tail. However, it is extremely difficult to distinguish between the two species by appearance alone, since more genetic variation tends to occur within each species, than between the two species. An adult southern tiger cat ...
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