The colocolo (Leopardus colocolo) is a small spotted and striped cat native to the west Andean slope in central and northern Chile. Until recently, it included the more widespread Pampas cat (L. pajeros) and Pantanal cat (L. braccatus), and some maintain these as subspecies of the colocolo. Confusingly, when these are treated as subspecies of the ...
wild South American cat
• (n.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.
Col`o·co'lo noun (Zoology) A South American wild cat ( Felis colocolo ), of the size of the ocelot.