Small Wild Cats

[peter]

NEW ANDEAN CAT POPULATION DISCOVERED

Apart from pumas, Patagonia has four other small cats:

- Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi);
- Pampas cat (Leopardus pajeros);
- Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi), and
- Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita).

The Andean cat was thought to live high up in the Andes, but it was recently found at an altitude of 650 m. in Patagonia. This small cat heavily depends on the mountain vizcacha (Lagidium viscacia), which is related to the chinchilla.

I thought the jaguarundi was a typical jungle cat, but it's also seen in Patagonia:

http://www.zmescience.com/other/new-andean-cat-population-discovered-2955523/

http://wildcatsmagazine.nl/conservation/huellas-footprints-in-argentina/ Reply