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| Brooks, D. | |
| Status and Observations on Felids in the Paraguayan Chaco | |
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South America's Chaco represents a unique habitat - a mosaic of pantanal wetland from the north, rainforest from the east, pampas from the south, and Andean forest from the west. Historically, this area was thought by some biogeographers to serve as a corridor for migrating wildlife. More recently, studies have revealed that the Chaco is a viable area, inhabited by vast array of rare and endangered vertebrates (Redford _et al_., 1990). Six Neotropical felids are indigenous to the Paraguayan Chaco; ocelot _Leopardus pardalis mitis_; Geoffroy's Cat _L. geoffroyi paraguae_; pampas cat _Lynchailurus colocolo crespoi_; jaguarundi _Herpailurus yagouaroundi eyra_; puma _Puma concolor acrocodia_; and jaguar _Panthera onca palustris_ (Jackson 1991, Foreman 1989). Recently, the Chaco has been tapped into as an inexpensive cattleland resource. Because of this, and previous colonization by Mennonites, many of the felids are threatened in one way or another. In a synopsis on small cat statuses, Foreman (1989) discussed current status classification by species. Of the subspecies discussed in this paper, ocelot, puma, and jaguar are listed on CITES App. I; while Geoffroy's cat and pampas cat, and jaguarundi are listed on CITES App. II (Emmons, 1990). The contents of this paper summarize one year of general observations on these Paraguayan felids. Status, and to a lesser extent ecology, are discussed. |
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