INVESTIGADORES
LUCHERINI Mauro
artículos
Título:
Cats captured in the Argentinean High Andes close a door to potential monitoring programs
Autor/es:
REPPUCCI J.I.; TELLAECHE C.; LUENGOS VIDAL E.; LUCHERINI M.
Revista:
Cat News
Editorial:
Cat Specialist Group, UICN
Referencias:
Año: 2013 vol. 58 p. 7 - 8
ISSN:
1027-2992
Resumen:
Because
of their similarities Pampas and Andean cats
are usually studied simultaneously in areas where they overlap, but these
similarities have been often an obstacle for researchers. The foot morphology
was reported as useful to differentiate these species and potentially develop
monitoring programs based on footprints. With the objective to attach
radiocollars, two Pampas cats and one Andean
cat were captured in the Argentinean High Andes. This enabled us to observe a
high variability in the Pampas cat foot and conclude that a monitoring program
based on footprints would be unreliable at least until a more detailed study on
foot morphology is carried out.