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| Villalba, M.L.; Eliseo, D.; Mauricio, B. | |
| Activity patterns and home range of an Andean cat and Pampas cat in southern Bolivia | |
| 2009 Full Book | |
The Andean cat (_Leopardus jacobita_) is the most threatened felid of America and listed as Endangered by the IUCN (2008). Is also considered one of the least known felines in the world (Nowell & Jackson1996). It inhabits rocky habitats of the High Andean region of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru, its main prey is the mountain vizcacha (_Lagidium viscacia_) and lives in caves, but little else is known about the behaviour of this elusive cat. The sympatric Pampas cat (_Leopardus colocolo_) is Near Threatened (IUCN, 2008) and has a wider distribution, but highland populations of this species are little studied. Radio telemetry studies provide invaluable information on habitat use, movements and activity patterns with implications for the conservation of wildlife populations (White & Garrot 1990), particularly of elusive species like the Andean cat. We present here the first data on home range and activity patterns of one Andean cat and one Pampas cat in the High Andean region of Bolivia. |
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