Felis wiedii Schinz, 1821 . Cuvier's Thierreich., p. 235.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahia, near Rio Mucuri, Morro de Arara .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Brazil, N. Uruguay, and N. Argentina, north to Oaxaca, S. Sinaloa (Mexico) and S. Texas (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Type locality determined by Allen, 1919, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 41:357.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. wiedii .

CITES - Appendix I as F. w. nicaraguae subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix I as F. w. salvinia subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001030000.