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RE: Small Wild Cats - cheetah - 09-16-2020

Asian golden cats are 3 times as large as domestic cats.

RE: Small Wild Cats - Spalea - 09-21-2020

" The unusual but still beautiful Jaguarundi.

Sometimes referred to as the ‘otter-cat’, the Jaguarundi is closely related to the puma and is twice the size of a domestic cat.
They have some of the most variable colourations of wildcats with two main groups: a dark morph which ranges from black, brownish and greys and a paler red morph ranging from tawny yellow to a bright chestnut red. . Follow @africapathways
Photograph by @Lucas.l8photos . "

RE: Small Wild Cats - Sully - 09-26-2020

RE: Small Wild Cats - Dark Jaguar - 10-05-2020

Jaguarundi.

Rare Pampas Cat.

RE: Small Wild Cats - Dark Jaguar - 10-06-2020

Female Ocelot - Cerrado - Brazil

RE: Small Wild Cats - Dark Jaguar - 10-08-2020

Female Ocelot - Fazenda San Francisco - Pantanal

RE: Small Wild Cats - Dark Jaguar - 11-09-2020

Jaguarundi

credits: Leandro Vitorino

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RE: Small Wild Cats - Dark Jaguar - 11-28-2020

Bush Cat (Leopardus tigrinus)

VIDEO

RE: Small Wild Cats - Sully - 12-03-2020

Landscape patterns of ocelot–vehicle collision sites

Abstract

Context
Road networks can negatively impact wildlife populations through habitat fragmentation, decreased landscape connectivity, and wildlife-vehicle collisions, thereby influencing the spatial ecology and population dynamics of imperiled species. The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a federally endangered wild felid in South Texas, with a high mortality rate linked to vehicle collisions.
Objectives
Using a multi-scale approach, we quantified and examined landscape spatial structure at ocelot roadkill locations, and between roadkill locations of male and female ocelots.
Methods
We quantified the spatial distribution of land cover types at 26 ocelot–vehicle collision sites in South Texas that occurred from 1984–2017. We compared landscape metrics of woody, herbaceous, and bare ground cover types across multiple spatial scales at roadkill locations to those from random road locations, and between male and female ocelots.
Results
Roadkill sites consisted of 13–20% more woody cover than random locations. Woody patches at roadkill sites were 7.1–11% larger (2.4 ha) closer to roads and spaced 10–16 m closer together farther away from roads compared to random locations. Percent woody cover was the best indicator of ocelot–vehicle collision sites; there were no differences in woody cover between male and female road mortality locations.
Conclusion
These findings suggest that ocelots are likely struck by vehicles while crossing between habitat patches. Roads that bisect areas of woody cover have negative impacts on ocelots by increasing habitat fragmentation and vulnerability to vehicle collisions. Crossing structures should be placed in areas with ≥ 30% woody cover and 3.5 ha woody patches.

RE: Small Wild Cats - Dark Jaguar - 12-24-2020

Ocelots in Frazenda San Francisco South Pantanal.

credits: Henrique Villas Boas