Pampas CatLeopardus pajerosThe Pampas cat is a small feline from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ec
Pampas CatLeopardus pajerosThe Pampas cat is a small feline from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and possibly far southwestern Columbia. It is named after the Pampas, but occurs in grassland, shrubland, and dry forest at elevations up to 16,000 feet.It has traditionally been included in the Colocolo (L. colocolo), but was split primarily based on differences in pelage color and cranial measurements. The splut is not supported by genetic work, leading some authorities to maintain it has a subspecies of the Colocolo. Confusingly, when the Colocolo includes the Pampas cat and the Pantanal cat as subspecies, the “combined” species is sometimes referred to as the Pampas cat.Pampas cats have not been studied much in the wild and little is known about their hunting habits. There have been reports of the cat hunting rodents and birds at night, and also hunting domestic poultry near farms.Facts | Photo © Marcio Motta -- source link
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