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Leopardus geoffroyi d'Orbigny and Gervais 1844 (geoffroy's cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 224071

Alternative combination: Felis geoffroyi

Belongs to Leopardus according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Leopardus braccatus, Leopardus colocolo, Leopardus guigna, Leopardus guttulus, Leopardus jacobita, Leopardus pardalis, Leopardus tigrinus, Leopardus vorohuensis, Leopardus wiedii

Subtaxa: Leopardus geoffroyi salinarum

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 108.8, humerus length 96.1, radius length 77.9, tibia length 108.4, ulna length 94.0

Estimated body mass: 4.16 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length