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| Palacios, R.; Novaro, A.J.; Walker, R.S.; DiMartino, S.; Monteverde, M.; Ca¤adell, S.; Cossios, D. | |
| New Records of the endangered Andean Cat _Leopardus Jacobita_ | |
| 2009 Full Book | |
Recent research on the Andean cat _Leopardus jacobita_ brings to light how little is still known of this species, one of the world's most endangered small cats. Previously believed to be endemic to the High Andean and Puna biogeographic provinces of the South American Andes, at altitudes above 3000 m.a.s.l.. An opportunistic photograph taken in 2004 in the Caverna de las Brujas Provincial Reserve in Mendoza, Argentina, produced the startling finding of two Andean cats at only 1800 m.a.s.l., 500 km further south than previously reported, where the High Andean and Patagonian biogeographic provinces interface (Sorli et al., 2006). Here we report new records of the Andean cat, all ecxept one below 3000 m.a.s.l., in a new mosaic of habitats, predominantly the Monte biogeographic province, consisting of low scrub, with the mixed grassshrub steppes of the Patagonian biogeographic province on mountaintops and high plateaus. These records extend the range of the Andean cat yet another 300 km south, and demonstrate that the species is not an endemic of high Andean habitats. |
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