What is "colocolo"

Colocolo \Col`o*co"lo\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A South American wild cat ( Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.

n. (taxlink Leopardus colocolo species noshow=1), a small striped cat native to the western central South America

Colocolo, colo-colo, Colo-Colo, or Colo Colo may refer to:

• Colocolo (tribal chief), 16th century Mapuche leader and Chilean folk hero.
• Colo Colo (mythology), evil rat-like creature from Mapuche mythology.
• Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo), a South American cat native to Chile.
• Colo-Colo, a football team from Macul, Santiago, Chile.
• Colo Colo de Futebol e Regatas, a football team from Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.
• Colo-colo (condiment), hot and spicy condiment the cuisine of the Maluku archipelago, Indonesia.
• Colocolo opossum (Dromiciops gliroides), or monito del monte, a South American marsupial.
• Qulu Qulu, hispanicized Colo Colo, an archaeological site in Peru
• Chilean ship Colo Colo various

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 colocolo, the "combined" species is sometimes referred to as the Pampas cat.

Colocolo (from Mapudungun " colocolo", mountain cat) was a Mapuche leader ("cacique lonco") in the early period of the Arauco War. He was a major figure in Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga's epic poem La Araucana, about the early Arauco War. In the poem he was the one that proposed the contest between the rival candidates for Toqui that resulted in the choice of Caupolicán. As a historical figure there are some few contemporary details about him. Stories of his life were written long after his lifetime and display many points of dubious historical accuracy.