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  • noun Leopardus tigrinus, a small spotted felid found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.

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  • The lutrine opossum Lutreolina crassicaudata, giant anteater and giant armadillo are found there, also bush dog, crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous, long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata, jaguarundi Herpailurus yagouaroundi, jaguar, puma, oncilla Leopardus tigrinus and margay L. weidii.

    Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

  • The cats species are puma, jaguar (Felis onca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), margay (Leopardus wiedii), jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi) and oncilla (Felis tigrina).

    Eastern Panamanian montane forests 2007

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