Tuesday 25 February 2014

KODKOD

FELIDAE

COMMON NAME
FAMILY
GENUS
SCIENTIFIC NAME
SUB SPECIES – 2
KODKOD
Felidae
Leopardus
Leopardus guigna
1.  (Leopardus guigna guigna)
     
The kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called güiña, is the smallest cat in the Americas and also has the smallest distribution, being found primarily in central and southern Chile and marginally in adjoining areas of Argentina. In 2002, the IUCN classified the kodkod as Vulnerable as the total effective population size may be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a declining trend due to habitat and prey base loss and persecution, and no sub population having an effective population size larger than 1,000 mature breeding individuals. 
2.  (Leopardus guigna tigrillo)

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