Northern Tiger Cat
Leopardus tigrinus
A clearer name.
A different picture.
tigrinus
A name needs evidence.
The inherited zoo photograph is withheld until its identity can be matched to the narrower taxon.First, which cat do we mean?
A 2024 study separates the Clouded Tiger Cat from the earlier Northern Tiger Cat concept. This makes habitat differences easier to see. It also changes which animals an old map or population estimate describes.
Southern Tiger Cat remains a separate roster identity.
Conceptual treatment diagram, not a phylogenetic tree.Its world.
Its conservation.
A changing conservation unit
A broader historical assessment cannot automatically describe each newly separated taxon.
Habitat change
Different ecological settings need their own conservation interpretation.
Records need context
Names, dates and identification evidence must travel with each record.
Keep the method
in the picture.
The 2024 study combines occurrence records, ecological modelling and physical comparisons. Its treatment is explained here alongside the older assessment, rather than silently merging them.
Where does Clouded Tiger Cat fit?
ZEW-001 is a separate Taxonomy Watch record, outside the public 40. An older range or risk category must not be applied to the narrower Northern Tiger Cat without review.
Read Taxonomy WatchWhat don’t we know?
Which older records can be confidently assigned to the narrower identity? Range, abundance and images all need that alignment.
Geographic context
Narrower treatment: savannas and shrub-woodlands of Brazil, with Guiana Shield context.
This is geographic context, not a mapped distribution. Range polygons require taxon, date and reuse review before publication.
A different cat.
A different question.
Sources & Research Notes
Source check: 7 September 2026. Independent scientific sign-off remains pending.
Assessment year and field-data period are different. A source check does not update an assessment.