---
title: "Northern Colocolo"
description: "Leopardus garleppi — Mammals. Garlepp's pampas cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the pampas cat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-colocolo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Colocolo

> Leopardus garleppi — Mammals. Garlepp's pampas cat (Leopardus colocola garleppi), also called the northern pampas cat, is a subspecies of the pampas cat.

- Scientific name: *Leopardus garleppi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 59
- Wikidata: [Q96575311](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96575311)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1240545](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1240545)

## Names

- en: Northern Colocolo
- de: Garlepp-Pampaskatze
- es: Gato de Garlepp
- fr: Chat de Garlepp

## Countries with the most observations

PE (20), AR (10), CL (7), BO (3)

## Summary

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 as a full species (Leopardus garleppi) within a pampas cat species complex. Garlepp's pampas cat is native to the central-western mountainous area of South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlepp%27s_pampas_cat

## Photo

![Northern Colocolo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-colocolo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193186604

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-colocolo?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).