Andean cat
Leopardus jacobitus (Cornalia, 1865)
Status not recordedmammals
The andean cat (Leopardus jacobitus) is a species in the family Felidae, order Carnivora. Recorded adults weigh 4 kg to 8.13 kg.
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Quick facts about the andean cat
- Weight
- 4 kg – 8.13 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the andean cat live?
Not recorded
Is the andean cat endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the andean cat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderCarnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusLeopardus
- SpeciesLeopardus jacobitus (Cornalia, 1865)
Synonyms Felis jacobita, Oreailurus jacobita
Other names and names in other languages (44)
- Andean mountain catEnglish
- Mountain catEnglish
- قط الأنديزArabic
- titeAymara
- aqatiri mallkuAymara
- awatiriAymara
- samiriAymara
- TitiAymara
- titi mallkuAymara
- titi misiAymara
- titi phisiAymara
- Андская коткаBelarusian
- kočka horskáCzech
- BergkatzeGerman
- AndenkatzeGerman
- Αγριόγατα των ΆνδεωνGreek
- chinchaySpanish
- gato andinoSpanish
- Gato de las PeñasSpanish
- gato linceSpanish
- Gato MontésSpanish
- Gato OnceSpanish
- andienkissaFinnish
- Chat des AndesFrench
- andesi hegyimacskaHungarian
- Gatto delle AndeItalian
- アンデスネコJapanese
- 안데스산고양이Korean
- AndeskattNorwegian Bokmål
- FjellkattNorwegian Bokmål
- BergkatDutch
- AndeskatDutch
- ocelot andyjskiPolish
- Gato-andinoPortuguese
- OsjoQuechua
- kita misiQuechua
- oscolloQuechua
- oskholloQuechua
- usqulluQuechua
- Андская кошкаRussian
- แมวแอนดีสThai
- And kedisiTurkish
- Кіт андськийUkrainian
- 山原貓Chinese
Relatives of the andean cat
Other species in the same genus Leopardus.
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
Oncilla
Leopardus tigrinus
Margay
Leopardus wiedii
Kodkod
Leopardus guigna
Geoffroy's cat
Leopardus geoffroyi
Tilcayo
Leopardus tilcayo
CompareAndean cat vs OcelotAndean cat vs OncillaAndean cat vs MargayAndean cat vs Kodkod
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the andean cat?
An adult andean cat weighs 4 kg – 8.13 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the andean cat?
The andean cat (Leopardus jacobitus) belongs to the family Felidae in the order Carnivora.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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