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| Downey, P. | |
| The margay of El Cielo | |
| 2005 Wild Cat News: 1-2 | |
The study took place in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas Mexico, a reserve situated in the northernmost extension of cloud forest in the Americas.In 2001, the Oklahoma City Zoo sponsored three researchers to carry out the first ecological study of the margay (Leopardus wiedii), an endangered neotropical felid listed on Appendix 1 of CITES. Carvajal captured eight margays, five males and three females, from June 2001 through August 2004. The average home range of the radio-collared margays was determined to be 4.03 km2. Results of this study showed the margay to display a strongly nocturnal activity pattern with peak travel rates from 1600 to 0400. Morphometric data was also collected on all captured margays. Other species captured during this study included gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), raccoons (Procyon lotor), opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and coatimundi (Nasua narica). |
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