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Definition of Pampas cat

Pampas cat
Pampas Pam"pas, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. Pampas cat (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat. Pampas deer (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer (Cervus, or Blastocerus, campestris). Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.

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- The Pampas cat (Leopardus colocola) is a small wild cat native to South America. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List as habitat conversion...
- 114.8 mm (3.95 to 4.52 in) and are larger than those of the pampas cat and domestic cat. On the back and the tail, the hair is 40–45 mm (1.6–1.8 in)...
- Garlepp's pampas cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the pampas cat. It has more recently been classified...
- Muñoa’s pampas cat or Uruguayan pampas cat Leopardus garleppi, the northern pampas cat or Garlepp's pampas cat Leopardus geoffroyi, Geoffroy's cat Leopardus...
- The Pampas (from the Quechua: pampa, meaning "plain"), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low gr****lands that cover more than...
- the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid (/ˈfiːlɪd/). The 41 extant...
- The cat (Felis catus), also referred to as the domestic cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family...
- The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur, and rounded ears set low on the sides...
- 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...
- definition for this subfamily, as comprising only the living conical-toothed cat genera with two tribes, the Felini and Pantherini, and excluding the extinct...