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Leopardus pajeros (Pampas cat)

Synonyms: Felis pajeros; Lynchailurus pajeros

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pampas cat (Leopardus pajeros) is a small cat native to Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and possibly far southwestern Colombia. It is named after the pampas, but occurs in grassland, shrubland, and dry forest at elevations up to 5,000 m (16,000 ft). The Pampas cat is currently classified as "Near Threatened" in the IUCN Red List as habitat conversion and destruction may cause the population to decline in the future.
View Wikipedia Record: Leopardus pajeros

Infraspecies

Leopardus pajeros budini (Pampas cat)
Leopardus pajeros garleppi (Pampas cat)
Leopardus pajeros pajeros
Leopardus pajeros steinbachi (Pampas cat)
Leopardus pajeros thomasi (Pampas cat)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 5.83
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [1]  100 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Nocturnal [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Euneomys chinchilloides (Patagonian chinchilla mouse)[2]
Phyllotis xanthopygus (yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse)[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2GARCIA ESPONDA, César M. et al. Microvertebrados depredados por Leopardus pajeros (Carnivora: Felidae) en el sur de la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Mastozool. neotrop. 2009, vol.16, n.2, pp. 455-457.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0