Research synthesis: kodkod conservation status

This synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the kodkod, regarded as facing elevated risk owing to its small range, forest dependence, and exposure to habitat loss in the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina. It weighs threats including deforestation and fragmentation, persecution following poultry predation, road mortality, and dog attacks and disease near settlements, against the species partial tolerance of modified landscapes. The review highlights the value of Chilean camera-trap research in clarifying habitat use and the importance of forest connectivity. It frames priorities as protecting and linking native temperate forest, reducing persecution and dog-related mortality, and maintaining cover in rural mosaics, presenting the kodkod as a flagship for the conservation of southern South America imperiled temperate forests.