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Nogales-Ascarrunz, P.; Aliaga-Rossel, E.; Ossio, V.; Villalba, L.
Death by car, a new threat to the endangered Andean cat
2022  Cat News (76): 18 -19

The Andean cat_ Leopardus jacobita_ is among the most threatened cats in the world, and most of the threats are documented such as habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation and poaching. However, this is the first report of an adult male individual being run over in a paved road near a protected area constituting an important new register in its distribution

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