Behavior of two wild cats towards water: Leopardus geoffroyi (Carnivora: Felidae) and Leopardus braccatus (Carnivora: Felidae) cases
Geoffroy’s cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) is a small feline whose swimming behavior hadbeen reported but without photographic evidence. The pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus) is a felid about which there is scarce information, especially due to its recentreclassification as a monotypic species. As part of the citizen science projects “Gato de Geoffroy” and “Felinos silvestres del mundo”, we obtained the first photographic records of swimming behavior in Geoffroy’s cats, a record of L. geoffroyi emerging from the water, and the first record of L. braccatus in a body of water. It is essential to carry out more research in this regard to understand wild species as elusive as these in a more holistic way.
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Fundación Miguel Lillo
2022
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| Online Access: | https://www.lillo.org.ar/journals/index.php/acta-zoologica-lilloana/article/view/1676 |
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