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Pantanal cat
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Leopardus braccatus
Noun
Any member of the species Leopardus braccatus species (sometimes subspecies Leopardus colocola braccatus subspecies) of cats of tropical South America.
en 2010 Scott Stevenson Cocoa and Objective-C: Up and Running O'Reilly http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-Zc3V2oOqK0C&pg=PA397&dq=%22Pantanal+cat%22%7C%22Pantanal+cats%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qDelUuTtKYislAWCiYHoDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Pantanal%20cat%22%7C%22Pantanal%20cats%22&f=false 397 The Pampas cat was distinguished as its own species in 2005, along with the Pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus), but taxonomists still disagree about whether there is enough biological difference to validate the move.
Usage notes
Long regarded as a subspecies of colocolo; its status as a separate species is not supported by genetic analysis. See
See also
en pampas cat
en Felids