Geoffroy's cat

Gestation lasts 74.78 days (75 days), litters hold 2 to 3 young, and sexual maturity comes at 1.3 years. The IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern, not a threatened category, and its lifespan is 23 years.

Weight

4 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

23 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

23.2 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

64 days – 74.8 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

15.7 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.32src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The geoffroy's cat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyFelidae
6. genusLeopardus
7. SpeciesLeopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844)

Synonyms Felis geoffroyi, Felis geoffroyi euxantha, Felis geoffroyi paraguae, Felis melas, Felis pardoides, Felis salinarum, Leopardus geoffroyi euxanthus, Leopardus geoffroyi geoffroyi, Leopardus geoffroyi leucobaptus, Leopardus geoffroyi paraguae, Leopardus geoffroyi salinarum, Oncifelis geoffroyi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable

Oncilla

Leopardus tigrinus

Felidae

NT, Near Threatened

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

Felidae

LC, Least Concern

Kodkod

Leopardus guigna

Felidae

Tilcayo

Leopardus tilcayo

Felidae

NT, Near Threatened

Pampas cat

Leopardus colocola

Felidae

CompareGeoffroy's cat vs OcelotGeoffroy's cat vs OncillaGeoffroy's cat vs MargayGeoffroy's cat vs Kodkod

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@misc{geoffroys_cat_2026,
  title = {Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/geoffroys-cat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}