INVESTIGADORES
NOVARO andres Jose
artículos
Título:
New records of the Endangered Andean mountain cat in northern Argentina
Autor/es:
PEROVIC, P.; WALKER, R. S.; NOVARO, A. J.
Revista:
ORYX
Editorial:
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Referencias:
Año: 2003 vol. 37 p. 374 - 377
ISSN:
0030-6053
Resumen:
Fewpublished records exist for the Endangered
Andean mountain cat Oreailurus jacobita, a rare and little
known felid restricted to high altitudes of the Andes
of South America. We present 20 new records for mountain cat in Argentina and analyse its altitudinal overlap with the
sympatric pampas cat Oncifelis colocolo, a widespread habitat generalist, in north-west Argentina. Our data
confirm the recent presence of the Andean mountain
cat at several locations in Jujuy, Salta, and Catamarca provinces. Nevertheless, densities appear to be much
lower than those of the pampas cat. This Lower Risk,
near threatened species represented 68% of the records for small cats at high altitudes and its altitudinal range overlapped with the lower 1,000 m of the range of the Andean mountain cat. Protected areas for the Andean mountain cat in Argentina should be above 3,500 m and have a high proportion of habitat above 4,000 m, where the abundance of potential competitors is lower.