In "Notes on the Synonymy and Nomenclature of the Smaller Spotted Cats of Tropical America,"l Dr. J. A. Allen fixed the type region of [Felis] pardalis Linnaeus as the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. To Felis griffithii Fischer, regarded as a member of the same group, he assigned an indefinite range in northern Mexico. This name, however, was based on a specimen in the Bullock collection which more probably came from southeastern Mexico, and seems therefore to belong in the synonymy of F. pardalis pardalis. Brass,2 in 1911, published with color descriptions the names Felis buffoni and Felis mexicana for spotted Mexican cats, presumably ocelots. The name Felis mexicana is preoccupied by Felis mexicana Desmarest (1820) and Felis mexicana Saussure (1860). His descriptions are evidently based on individual color variations of which there are often many in the same locality. Felis buffoni Brass and Felis mexicana Brass are therefore unidentifiable.