Pantanal cat
Leopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889)
Status not recordedmammals
The pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus) is a species in the family Felidae, order Carnivora. Recorded adults weigh about 2.95 kg and live up to 19.6 years.
Quick facts about the pantanal cat
- Weight
- 2.95 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 19.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the pantanal cat live?
Not recorded
What is the pantanal cat?
The Pantanal cat (Leopardus colocola braccatus) is a Pampas cat subspecies, a small wild cat native to South America. It is named after the Pantanal wetlands in central South America, where it inhabits mainly grassland, shrubland, savannas and deciduous forests.
From the Wikipedia article “Pantanal cat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pantanal_cat&oldid=1382450294), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the pantanal 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 pantanal cat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderCarnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusLeopardus
- SpeciesLeopardus braccatus (Cope, 1889)
Synonyms Felis braccata, Leopardus braccatus braccatus, Leopardus colocola braccatus, Leopardus colocolo braccatus
Other names and names in other languages (18)
- Brazilian Pampas catEnglish
- Mbarakaja'iEnglish
- قط البانتنالArabic
- Pantanal-PampaskatzeGerman
- Αγριόγατα της ΒραζιλίαςGreek
- Gato del PantanalSpanish
- Chat du PantanalFrench
- pantanali macskaHungarian
- Gatto del PantanalItalian
- パンタナルネコJapanese
- 판타날고양이Korean
- 판타나우고양이Korean
- PantanalkattNorwegian Bokmål
- Gato-do-PantanalPortuguese
- Gato-palheiro-do-pantanalPortuguese
- Пантанальская кошкаRussian
- แมวปัมปัสบราซิลThai
- Кіт пантанальськийUkrainian
Relatives of the pantanal 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
ComparePantanal cat vs OcelotPantanal cat vs OncillaPantanal cat vs MargayPantanal cat vs Kodkod
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the pantanal cat?
An adult pantanal cat weighs 2.95 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the pantanal cat live?
The pantanal cat has a recorded lifespan of 19.6 years.
What kind of animal is the pantanal cat?
The pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus) 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.
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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
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