#tigrillo

Oncilla or Tigrillo (Leopardus tigrinus), MELANISTIC, family Felidae, Panama

Also called Northern Tiger Cat and Little Spotted Cat

[ID: a photo of a sunda clouded leopard and a photo of an oncilla. the sunda clouded leopard is a medium sized cat with a tan coat covered in large spots, with smaller spots inside. the oncilla is a small cat with a tan coat covered in small rosettes. end ID]

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

Continuing our November Fall Color Special! : D

(Top photograph taken by the amazing photographer who goes by the name Tambako the Jaguar (CC BY-ND 2.0). Bottom photograph taken by another amazing photographer, Fábio Manfredini (CC BY 2.0))

The Jaguarundi

A.K.A: The Gato Moro, the Leoncillo, the Tigrillo, the Eyra

Scientific Name: Herpailurus yagouaroundi

Region: Southern Mexico and much of South America

Size: Averaging roughly 12" (30.5cm) tall at the shoulder and 44" (112cm) long.

“Cats from Argentina” (2010)

Many of those scientifi names are outdated at this time, but I’m not going to alter al old piece. (even back then I remember being bothered at using an all-caps fornt for the scientific names... but was lazy to change that and yeah)

Current scientific names would be;

-  Leopardus guttulus (Leopardus tigrina was split into two species)

- L. guigna

- L. colocolo

- L. jacobita

- L. pardalis

- L. wiedii

-  Herpailurus yagouaroundi  (its tail looks broken but again, fixing would be cheating!)

- L. geoffroyi

Puma and Jaguar remain the same.

I remember drawing this in response to someone saying South Anerica was poor in Biodiversity... when it’s actually the most biodiverse continent!

And yes, I am from Argentina, so the kitty fauna from my own contry it is. 

I would like to re.do this one some day!