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A systematic and biogeographic revision of the pampas cat group
PaperThis monographic revision examined the pampas cats of South America, a group then placed in the genus Lynchailurus, and analyzed their morphological variation and biogeography. The author documented s…
Garcia-Perea R · American Museum Novitates · 1994
Estimating detection and density of the Andean cat in the high Andes
PaperReppucci, Gardner, and Lucherini tackled one of the hardest felid monitoring problems: estimating density of the rare, cryptic Andean cat in the high Andes, where it coexists with the more common pamp…
Juan I. Reppucci, Beth Gardner, Mauro Lucherini · Journal of Mammalogy · 2011
Molecular data reveal complex hybridization and a cryptic species of Neotropical cat
PaperThis study used genetic data to investigate the small spotted cats of South America and uncovered a cryptic species hidden within what was called the oncilla or tigrina. The authors found that northea…
Trigo TC, Schneider A, de Oliveira TG, et al. · Current Biology · 2013
Research overview: Andean cat conservation and detection challenges
OverviewThe Andean cat is one of the world's rarest and least-known felids, a small cat of the high Andes and Patagonian steppe whose study depends heavily on camera traps. This overview surveys the difficult…
Research overview: Andean cat genetics and population structure
OverviewGenetic research has been pivotal for studying the Andean cat, and this overview reviews its contributions. Because field detection is so difficult, scientists have relied on DNA from scats and other…
Research overview: Andean cat reliance on mountain vizcachas
OverviewThe Andean cat appears to be a specialist predator of mountain vizcachas, colonial rodents of rocky high-Andean slopes, and this overview reviews the evidence and its implications. Diet studies and th…
Research overview: conservation genetics of small wildcats
OverviewGenetic tools have become central to small-cat conservation, and this overview reviews their applications. Non-invasive sampling of scats and hair allows researchers to confirm the presence of cryptic…
Research overview: cryptic diversity and hybrid zones in the ocelot lineage
OverviewThe small spotted cats of the ocelot lineage in South America, including the ocelot, margay, oncilla or tigrina, and pampas cat, present a tangle of cryptic species, hybrid zones, and unresolved bound…
Research overview: cryptic species among the margay and oncilla
OverviewThe small spotted cats of South and Central America, including the margay and the oncilla or little spotted cat, harbor cryptic genetic diversity that has reshaped their taxonomy. This overview survey…
Research overview: detecting and studying the elusive Andean cat
OverviewFew cats are harder to study than the Andean cat, and this overview reviews the methods used to detect it. Its rarity, remote high-altitude habitat, and similarity to the sympatric Pampas cat long mad…
Research overview: hybridization zones among Leopardus species
OverviewA striking feature of the Leopardus radiation is extensive hybridization where species ranges meet, complicating taxonomy. This overview surveys documented hybrid zones, such as between the southern t…
Research overview: the Leopardus colocola pampas cat complex
OverviewThe pampas cat, Leopardus colocola, shows dramatic variation in coat color and pattern across its wide South American range, fueling long debate over whether it is one variable species or several. Thi…
Research overview: the ocelot lineage and the Leopardus radiation
OverviewThe ocelot lineage comprises the small spotted cats of the Americas, nearly all placed in the genus Leopardus, and represents a relatively recent and rapid radiation. This overview surveys the group,…