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Perez-Irineo, G.; Santos-Moreno, A.
Abundance and activity patterns of medium-sized felids (Felidae, Carnivora) in southeastern Mexico
2016 The Southwestern Naturalist (61): 33-39
We compared abundance and activity patterns of medium-sized felids in the neotropics. We used 29 camera traps to record species in the region of Los Chimalapas, Oaxaca, Mexico, during 2011-2013. We estimated population size with the capture-recapture model (Cormack-Jolly-Seber model). We assessed the differences in activity patterns between species through the Mardia-Watson-Wheeler test. _Leopardus pardalis_, _Leopardus wiedii_, and _Puma yagouaroundi_ were recorded by cameras. The population size of _L. wiedii _was high in comparison with _L. pardalis_, which presented a medium abundance compared to other regions. _Puma yagouaroundi_ individuals were relatively rare, likely due to a difference in habitat selection. We provide evidence that in the southeastern region of Mexico there is a significant_ L. wiedii_ population despite the presence of _L. pardalis_.
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